anglicisation
\ɑ̃.ɡli.si.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“anglicisation” is uncommon French (frequency #87,321 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,321
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de donner une forme propre à la langue anglaise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anglicisation · anglicisation · French
anglicisation · rank #87,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,321
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Anglia
Nearest frequency peer: Anglia (-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 « anglicisation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- analyseurs
analyseurs
12,683 corpus weight
- Anglia
Anglia
12,681 corpus weight
- anglicisati…
anglicisation
12,680 corpus weight
- annals
annals
12,678 corpus weight
- antiqua
antiqua
12,677 corpus weight
- anémomètre
anémomètre
12,676 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « anglicisation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anglicisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ɡli.si.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #87,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « anglicisation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
anglicisation is uncommon French at frequency #87,321 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.ɡli.si.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for anglicisation in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists 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 anglicisation, spelled A-N-G-L-I-C-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de donner une forme propre à la langue anglaise.
- 2Action de modifier les mœurs, les institutions et la langue (d'un peuple) pour les rendre identiques à ceux de l'Angleterre, ou à ceux des territoires qui parlent la langue d'Angleterre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anglicisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Angliciser son nom, en se faisant appeler John au lieu de Jean.
Conçu dans un dessein d'anglicisation, l'Acte constitutionnel de 1791 se révélait une erreur : loin d'inciter les Canadiens français à s'angliciser, le parlementarisme avait été perçu et utilisé comme un moyen de libération.
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); 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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