réchauffement climatique

\ʁe.ʃof.mɑ̃ kli.ma.tik\

/\ʁe.ʃof.mɑ̃ kli.ma.tik\/ noun

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The verdict

“réchauffement climatique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
24
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Augmentation de la température moyenne des océans et de l’atmosphère terrestre, mesurée à l’échelle mondiale sur plusieurs décennies, en particulier depuis le début du XXᵉ siècle.

Key facts for réchauffement climatique
PropertyValue
Headwordréchauffement climatique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.ʃof.mɑ̃ kli.ma.tik\
Letters24
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “réchauffement climatique” sits in French frequency

réchauffement climatique falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

réchauffement climatique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.ʃof.mɑ̃ kli.ma.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Augmentation de la température moyenne des océans et de l’atmosphère terrestre, mesurée à l’échelle mondiale sur plusieurs décennies, en particulier depuis le début du XXᵉ siècle.".

No misspelling variants are generated for réchauffement climatique in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is réchauffement climatique, spelled R-É-C-H-A-U-F-F-E-M-E-N-T- -C-L-I-M-A-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Augmentation de la température moyenne des océans et de l’atmosphère terrestre, mesurée à l’échelle mondiale sur plusieurs décennies, en particulier depuis le début du XXᵉ siècle.

Synonyms

réchauffement globalréchauffement planétaire

This word in other languages

global warming(English)calentamiento global(Español)Klimaerwärmung(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "réchauffement climatique"?
"réchauffement climatique" is spelled R-É-C-H-A-U-F-F-E-M-E-N-T- -C-L-I-M-A-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ʃof.mɑ̃ kli.ma.tik\.
What does "réchauffement climatique" mean?
As a noun, "réchauffement climatique" means: Augmentation de la température moyenne des océans et de l’atmosphère terrestre, mesurée à l’échelle mondiale sur plusieurs décennies, en particulier depuis le début du XXᵉ siècle.
How do you pronounce "réchauffement climatique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "réchauffement climatique" is \ʁe.ʃof.mɑ̃ kli.ma.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "réchauffement climatique" come from?
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Using “réchauffement climatique”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-É-C-H-A-U-F-F-E-M-E-N-T- -C-L-I-M-A-T-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁe.ʃof.mɑ̃ kli.ma.tik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list