terrassement
\tɛ.ʁas.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“terrassement” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #40,047 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,047
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de terrasser.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | terrassement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛ.ʁas.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #40,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “terrassement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for terrassement is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɛ.ʁas.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,047 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Action de terrasser.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for terrassement, with forms such as "etrrassement", "terarssement", and "terassement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is terrassement, spelled T-E-R-R-A-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de terrasser.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etrrassement,terarssement,terassement,terrasement,terrasesment,terrasseemnt,terrassemennt,terrassementt,terrassemetn,terrassemment,terrassemnet,terrassmeent,terrsasement,trerassement,tterrassement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of terrassement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “terrassement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-E-R-R-A-S-S-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɛ.ʁas.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.