authentification
French, noun/ɔ.tɑ̃.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
authentification is spelled A-U-T-H-E-N-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (16 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,653rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Authentification is a French feminine noun meaning “authentication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action visant à authentifier un document, un acte, etc”.
What does authentification mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineauthentication
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action visant à authentifier un document, un acte, etc. 2. Vérification de l’identité d’une entité (personne, ordinateur…), afin d’autoriser l’accès de cette entité à des ressources (systèmes, réseaux, applications…) 3. Le fait de s’assurer, par une procédure conventionnelle, de la qualité de son correspondant.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of authentification
- authentifications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce authentification?
- /ɔ.tɑ̃.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
- /o.tɑ̃.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \o.tɑ̃.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to authentification
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is authentification in French?
authentification appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).