chrismation
\kʁis.ma.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“chrismation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Onction faite avec le saint chrême.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chrismation · chrismation · French
chrismation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chrismation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁis.ma.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chrismation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chrismation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁis.ma.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Onction faite avec le saint chrême.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chrismation in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chrismation, spelled C-H-R-I-S-M-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Onction faite avec le saint chrême.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chrismation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On le sait, l’Occident latin pratiqua quelque temps l’imposition des mains sans la chrismation.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.