banalise

\ba.na.liz\

/\ba.na.liz\/ verb

The verdict

“banalise” is uncommon French (frequency #51,296 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,296
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe banaliser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-banalise · banalise · French

banalise · rank #51,296 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,296
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH balla

Nearest frequency peer: balla (-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 « banalise »

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 « banalise » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for banalise
PropertyValue
Headwordbanalise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ba.na.liz\
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,296
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « banalise » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).banalisetombe 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: « balla » (#51,295), « BAPE » (#51,297), « barbarin » (#51,298). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « banalise » est au #51,296. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

banalise is uncommon French at frequency #51,296 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ba.na.liz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

banalise has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is banalise, spelled B-A-N-A-L-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe banaliser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe banaliser.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe banaliser.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe banaliser.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent du verbe banaliser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À force de représenter l’obscénité, on la banalise et on finit par l'admettre.

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 "banalise"?
"banalise" is spelled B-A-N-A-L-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.na.liz\.
What does "banalise" mean?
As a verb, "banalise" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe banaliser.
How do you pronounce "banalise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "banalise" is \ba.na.liz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list