apposition

\a.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\

/\a.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“apposition” is uncommon French (frequency #51,880 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,880
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’apposer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apposition · apposition · French

apposition · rank #51,880 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,880
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH applaudie

Nearest frequency peer: applaudie (-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 « apposition »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « apposition » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for apposition
PropertyValue
Headwordapposition
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#51,880
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « apposition » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).appositiontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « applaudie » (#51,879), « approchaient » (#51,881), « appartenances » (#51,878). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « apposition » est au #51,880. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

apposition is uncommon French at frequency #51,880 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for apposition, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 apposition, spelled A-P-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’apposer.
  2. 2
    Jonction de certains corps à d’autres corps de même espèce, de leur simple rapprochement.
  3. 3
    Groupe nominal (généralement un simple nom) apposé à un autre groupe nominal, soit avec la valeur d’un adjectif, soit pour indiquer dans quelle classe on range la personne ou la chose désignée par cet autre groupe nominal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how apposition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L'exhibition d'un inventaire sur papier libre fait en l'absence des parties intéressées, sans les formalités prescrites par la loi, et qui présente en un mot tous les caractères d'une précipitation frauduleuse, ne peut empêcher l’apposition des scellés sur les effets d'une succession à laquelle sont appelés des mineurs ou des absens.
  2. Le magnétiseur a des compétences plus vagues, c'est une personne que son « magnétisme » doterait du pouvoir de guérir essentiellement par apposition des mains.

Synonyms

juxtaposition

This word in other languages

apposition(English)aposición(Español)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apposition"?
"apposition" is spelled A-P-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\.
What does "apposition" mean?
As a noun, "apposition" means: Action d’apposer.
How do you pronounce "apposition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apposition" is \a.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apposition" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "apposition", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list