renfoncement
\ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃s.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“renfoncement” is uncommon French (frequency #89,072 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,072
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de renfoncer ; ou résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-renfoncement · renfoncement · French
renfoncement · rank #89,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,072
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH Renaudin
Nearest frequency peer: Renaudin (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « renfoncement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- remirent
remirent
10,932 corpus weight
- remorquée
remorquée
10,931 corpus weight
- Renaudin
Renaudin
10,930 corpus weight
- renfoncement
renfoncement
10,929 corpus weight
- renforcez
renforcez
10,928 corpus weight
- renon
renon
10,927 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « renfoncement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | renfoncement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃s.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #89,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « renfoncement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
renfoncement is uncommon French at frequency #89,072 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃s.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
renfoncement has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is renfoncement, spelled R-E-N-F-O-N-C-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de renfoncer ; ou résultat de cette action.
- 2Violente poussée ou vigoureux coup de poing.
- 3Effet de perspective qui fait paraître une chose enfoncée et éloignée.
- 4Creux que forment certaines parties d’un ouvrage.
- 5Action de renfoncer une ligne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how renfoncement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il lui a donné un vigoureux renfoncement.
À ce moment, nous recevons un terrible renfoncement collectif. — Eh ! attention ! rangez-vous ! crie, en guise d’excuse, un homme qui, aidé de plusieurs autres, pousse une voiture vers les wagons.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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