approbations
\a.pʁɔ.ba.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“approbations” is uncommon French (frequency #65,699 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,699
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de approbation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-approbations · approbations · French
approbations · rank #65,699 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,699
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH applaudissez
Nearest frequency peer: applaudissez (-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 « approbations »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- apercevons
apercevons
34,305 corpus weight
- appelants
appelants
34,304 corpus weight
- applaudissez
applaudissez
34,303 corpus weight
- approbations
approbations
34,302 corpus weight
- arachnides
arachnides
34,301 corpus weight
- arbrisseaux
arbrisseaux
34,300 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « approbations » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | approbations |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.pʁɔ.ba.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #65,699 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « approbations » en français
Rare enough to double-check
approbations is uncommon French at frequency #65,699 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.pʁɔ.ba.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de approbation.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for approbations, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 approbations, spelled A-P-P-R-O-B-A-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de approbation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how approbations appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mme la comtesse Sixte triomphait si patemment de Lucien, elle en jouait si bien en femme enchantée de son instrument, elle lui fournissait la réplique avec tant d’à-propos, elle quêtait pour lui des approbations par des regards si compromettants, que plusieurs femmes commencèrent à voir dans la coïncidence du retour de Louise et de Lucien un profond amour…
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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