acceleration
\ˌæk.sɛ.lə.ˈre.ʃən\
The verdict
“acceleration” is uncommon French (frequency #89,352 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,352
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accélération, augmentation de la vitesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-acceleration · acceleration · French
acceleration · rank #89,352 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,352
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH accaparés
Nearest frequency peer: accaparés (-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 « acceleration »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- abreuvés
abreuvés
10,653 corpus weight
- abrogés
abrogés
10,652 corpus weight
- Absalom
Absalom
10,651 corpus weight
- accaparés
accaparés
10,650 corpus weight
- acceleration
acceleration
10,649 corpus weight
- administra
administra
10,646 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « acceleration » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acceleration |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˌæk.sɛ.lə.ˈre.ʃən\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #89,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « acceleration » en français
Rare enough to double-check
acceleration is uncommon French at frequency #89,352 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˌæk.sɛ.lə.ˈre.ʃən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
acceleration doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is acceleration, spelled A-C-C-E-L-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Accélération, augmentation de la vitesse.
- 2Variation de la vitesse en fonction du temps.
Antonyms
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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