refroidissement

Name: refroidissement, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ʁə.fʁwa.dis.mɑ̃\

/\ʁə.fʁwa.dis.mɑ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“refroidissement” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,220. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,220
frequency rank, French: 5,742
“R” headwords: 21
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diminution de chaleur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-refroidissement · refroidissement · French

refroidissement · rank #10,220 · 21 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #10,220
LEN-MEGA 15 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 21 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,742
PHOTO-FINISH RDC

Nearest frequency peer: RDC (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

quais

89,784
rapportent

89,783
RDC

89,782
refroidisse…

89,781
regardais

89,780
relier

89,779

What this shows « refroidissement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Key facts for refroidissement
Property	Value
Headword	refroidissement
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ʁə.fʁwa.dis.mɑ̃\
Letters	15
Frequency rank	#10,220
Misspellings tracked	21
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « refroidissement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).refroidissementse place ici:

#10,220

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « RDC » (#10,219), « regardais » (#10,221), « rapportent » (#10,218). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « refroidissement » est au #10,220. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around refroidissement (IPA \ʁə.fʁwa.dis.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,220 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for refroidissement, with forms such as "erfroidissement", "reffroidissement", and "reforidissement". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is refroidissement, spelled R-E-F-R-O-I-D-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

1
Diminution de chaleur.
2
Indisposition causée par un froid subit.
3
Diminution dans l’amour, dans l’amitié, dans les passions.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how refroidissement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

À la fin du Tertiaire s’est produit le refroidissement qui a conduit aux glaciations quaternaires ; il a peut-être quelque rapport avec la formation de l’Atlantique Nord.
La supposition que le refroidissement brusque du corps en sueur détermine une altération chimique dans la composition du sang ne repose sur aucun fait positif.

This word in other languages

cooling(English)enfriamiento(Español)Abkühlung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

erfroidissement
reffroidissement
reforidissement
refriodissement
refrodiissement
refroiddissement
refroidisement
refroidisesment
refroidisseemnt
refroidissemennt
refroidissementt
refroidissemetn
refroidissemment
refroidissemnet
refroidissmeent
refroidsisement
refroiidssement
refrroidissement
rerfoidissement
rferoidissement
rrefroidissement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of refroidissement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "refroidissement"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "refroidissement"?

"refroidissement" is spelled R-E-F-R-O-I-D-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.fʁwa.dis.mɑ̃\.

What does "refroidissement" mean?

As a noun, "refroidissement" means: Diminution de chaleur.

What are common misspellings of "refroidissement"?

Common misspellings include "erfroidissement", "reffroidissement", "reforidissement", "refriodissement", "refrodiissement". The correct spelling is "refroidissement".

How do you pronounce "refroidissement"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "refroidissement" is \ʁə.fʁwa.dis.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "refroidissement" come from?

"refroidissement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "refroidissement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

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