subsidence
\syb.zi.dɑ̃s\
The verdict
“subsidence” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Enfoncement lent de la lithosphère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-subsidence · subsidence · French
subsidence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | subsidence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \syb.zi.dɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
subsidence is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \syb.zi.dɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for subsidence in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is subsidence, spelled S-U-B-S-I-D-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Enfoncement lent de la lithosphère.
- 2Déplacement continu, progressif, ou saccadé... d’air vers le sol.
- 3Survie douloureuse mais effondrée ou affaissée par le poids de drames successifs dont on ne se remet pas. (notamment chez l’auteur Camille Ammoun )
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how subsidence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais on en oublie un : l’affaissement du fond de la mer (subsidence).
Si le Littré définit la subsidence comme « l’action de descendre sous le niveau », alors Beyrouth, ses habitants, tous les Libanais, sont aujourd’hui, sans aucun doute, subsidents.
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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.