s’allonger
\s‿a.lɔ̃.ʒe\
The verdict
“s’allonger” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Devenir plus long, s’étendre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-allonger · s’allonger · French
s’allonger · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | s’allonger |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿a.lɔ̃.ʒe\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « s’allonger » en français
Rare enough to double-check
s’allonger is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿a.lɔ̃.ʒe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for s’allonger, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 s’allonger, spelled S-’-A-L-L-O-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Devenir plus long, s’étendre.
- 2S’étendre, se coucher.
- 3Céder, se reconnaître vaincu par plus fort que soi.
- 4Avouer, parler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s’allonger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Héloïse dit et redit son chapelet. Les grains cliquettent de minute en minute et sans relâche, le chuchotement rapide des oraisons s’allonge.
Les nuits s’allongent en hiver.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.