semestriel

\sə.mɛs.tʁi.jɛl\

/\sə.mɛs.tʁi.jɛl\/ adj

The verdict

“semestriel” is uncommon French (frequency #55,591 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,591
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se produit deux fois par an, tous les six mois, une fois par semestre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-semestriel · semestriel · French

semestriel · rank #55,591 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,591
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH segal

Nearest frequency peer: segal (-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 « semestriel »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « semestriel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for semestriel
PropertyValue
Headwordsemestriel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sə.mɛs.tʁi.jɛl\
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,591
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « semestriel » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).semestrieltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « segal » (#55,590), « sentimentalisme » (#55,592), « secoués » (#55,589). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « semestriel » est au #55,591. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

semestriel is uncommon French at frequency #55,591 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sə.mɛs.tʁi.jɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui se produit deux fois par an, tous les six mois, une fois par semestre.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for semestriel in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is semestriel, spelled S-E-M-E-S-T-R-I-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui se produit deux fois par an, tous les six mois, une fois par semestre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le vrai plaisir d’Armandine tenait tout entier dans la visite semestrielle qu’elle rendait à Me Julien Retourbey, notaire à Bourg-Argental.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "semestriel"?
"semestriel" is spelled S-E-M-E-S-T-R-I-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \sə.mɛs.tʁi.jɛl\.
What does "semestriel" mean?
As an adjective, "semestriel" means: Qui se produit deux fois par an, tous les six mois, une fois par semestre.
How do you pronounce "semestriel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "semestriel" is \sə.mɛs.tʁi.jɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "semestriel" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list