aspersion
\as.pɛʁ.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“aspersion” is uncommon French (frequency #79,947 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,947
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’asperger, de projeter des gouttes de liquide sur quelque chose ou sur quelqu’un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aspersion · aspersion · French
aspersion · rank #79,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,947
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH asked
Nearest frequency peer: asked (-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 « aspersion »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- arquées
arquées
20,059 corpus weight
- arriérées
arriérées
20,057 corpus weight
- ascensionnel
ascensionnel
20,056 corpus weight
- asked
asked
20,055 corpus weight
- aspersion
aspersion
20,054 corpus weight
- atlantiste
atlantiste
20,052 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « aspersion » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aspersion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \as.pɛʁ.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aspersion » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aspersion is uncommon French at frequency #79,947 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \as.pɛʁ.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’asperger, de projeter des gouttes de liquide sur quelque chose ou sur quelqu’un.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for aspersion, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is aspersion, spelled A-S-P-E-R-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’asperger, de projeter des gouttes de liquide sur quelque chose ou sur quelqu’un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aspersion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un des moyens de sauvegarde du REP dénommé aspersion, consiste en l’injection de pulvérisations d’eau froide dans l’enceinte de confinement dans le but de faire baisser la pression interne et la température de celle-ci, du fait des échanges de masse et de chaleur entre les gouttes d’eau et le mélange gazeux composé d’air, de vapeur d’eau et d’hydrogène.
Une bâche de 1000 m² qui la recouvre et un dispositif d’aspersion de gouttes d’eau contribuent à éviter les projections alentour et à limiter la diffusion des poussières.
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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