cavitation

\ka.vi.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\ka.vi.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“cavitation” is uncommon French (frequency #96,735 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,735
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Formation de bulles de gaz et de vapeur dans un liquide soumis à une dépression.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cavitation · cavitation · French

cavitation · rank #96,735 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,735
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH caudal

Nearest frequency peer: caudal (-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 « cavitation »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cavitation
PropertyValue
Headwordcavitation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.vi.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#96,735
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cavitation » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cavitationtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « caudal » (#96,734), « certificateur » (#96,736), « Cathala » (#96,733). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cavitation » est au #96,735. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cavitation is uncommon French at frequency #96,735 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.vi.ta.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

cavitation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 cavitation, spelled C-A-V-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Formation de bulles de gaz et de vapeur dans un liquide soumis à une dépression.
  2. 2
    Formation de bulles d’air dans les trachéides ou les vaisseaux du xylème conduisant à la rupture de la colonne d’eau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette vidange a provoqué une diminution de la pression dans le circuit primaire jusqu’à atteindre la pression d’ébullition de l’eau et la formation d’une bulle de vapeur sous le couvercle, ce qui a conduit à des mesures de niveau d’eau dans le circuit primaire non représentatives de la situation réelle. Dans cette configuration, le risque principal est de…
  2. Ainsi, chez les conifères, il existe deux caractères indispensables leur permettant de résister à la sécheresse : la résistance à la cavitation du xylème et la limitation des pertes d'eau par fermeture des stomates via la synthèse d'une hormone, l'[a]cide [a]bscissique (ABA).

This word in other languages

cavitation(English)cavitación(Español)kavitation(Deutsch)

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 "cavitation"?
"cavitation" is spelled C-A-V-I-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.vi.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "cavitation" mean?
As a noun, "cavitation" means: Formation de bulles de gaz et de vapeur dans un liquide soumis à une dépression.
How do you pronounce "cavitation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cavitation" is \ka.vi.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cavitation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list