carbonisation
\kaʁ.bɔ.ni.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“carbonisation” is uncommon French (frequency #97,758 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,758
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Transformation d’une substance organique en charbon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-carbonisation · carbonisation · French
carbonisation · rank #97,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,758
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH caniculaires
Nearest frequency peer: caniculaires (-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 « carbonisation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- caneton
caneton
2,246 corpus weight
- caniculaires
caniculaires
2,244 corpus weight
- carbonisati…
carbonisation
2,243 corpus weight
- cardia
cardia
2,242 corpus weight
- Carrache
Carrache
2,241 corpus weight
- carrousels
carrousels
2,240 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « carbonisation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carbonisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaʁ.bɔ.ni.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #97,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « carbonisation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
carbonisation is uncommon French at frequency #97,758 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁ.bɔ.ni.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
carbonisation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is carbonisation, spelled C-A-R-B-O-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Transformation d’une substance organique en charbon.
- 2Traitement thermique de la laine qui consistait à faire bruler les fibres végétales mêlées à la laine car celles-ci se carbonisent à une température inférieure à celle de la laine une fois le tout préalablement trempé dans un bain acidifié puis essorées.
- 3Processus naturel par lequel des restes végétaux sont transformés en résidu carboné (tels que le charbon fossile, la xylite, la lignite ou des films de carbone) sous l’effet de la pression et du temps, dans des conditions de fossilisation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how carbonisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La carbonisation est une opération qui a pour but d’extraire du bois la partie fixe qu'il renferme.
Jusqu’ici l’épaillage est préparé, mais non effectué. Il faut maintenant soumettre la laine pendant quelque temps à l’action d’une température de 80° à 100°, afin de permettre la carbonisation.
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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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