soulignement
\su.li.ɲə.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“soulignement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de souligner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-soulignement · soulignement · French
soulignement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | soulignement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \su.li.ɲə.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « soulignement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
soulignement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \su.li.ɲə.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de souligner.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for soulignement, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 soulignement, spelled S-O-U-L-I-G-N-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de souligner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how soulignement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la plupart des cas, je crois que l’exemple du mal serait moins dangereux sans le soulignement de la punition. Celle-ci ne garantit pas l’avenir, elle n’intimide que les inoffensifs, tandis qu’elle donne de l’intérêt au mal. Infailliblement les enfants sont fiers d’un camarade coupable d’une action « à suite répressive ».
Par défaut, les liens hypertextes en HTML sont soulignés, un trait de la couleur du lien apparaît en dessous du texte. Il est possible de supprimer ce soulignement à l'aide de la propriété CSS text-decoration:none.
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.