allusionner
\a.ly.sjɔ.ne\
The verdict
“allusionner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire des allusions.
Corpus desk
Index FR-allusionner · allusionner · French
allusionner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | allusionner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.ly.sjɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « allusionner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
allusionner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.ly.sjɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for allusionner, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 allusionner, spelled A-L-L-U-S-I-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire des allusions.
- 2Faire allusion à.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how allusionner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J'allusionnai lors, et cela de très près, À la défense par ces mains de tel corsage, De telle jupe ayant trop voulu rester sage, Je me suis à dessein mal exprimé.
Ne suis-je pas digne maintenant d'allusionner à mon compte ?
Synonyms
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.