segmental
\sɛɡ.mɑ̃.tal\
The verdict
“segmental” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport à un phonème.
Corpus desk
Index FR-segmental · segmental · French
segmental · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | segmental |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɛɡ.mɑ̃.tal\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « segmental » en français
Rare enough to double-check
segmental is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɛɡ.mɑ̃.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
segmental has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is segmental, spelled S-E-G-M-E-N-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui a rapport à un phonème.
- 2Composé de segments.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how segmental appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a cependant été plusieurs fois vérifié que cette approche dégrade la qualité segmentale en surharmonisant le signal.
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.