circumnavigation
\siʁ.kɔm.na.vi.ɡa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“circumnavigation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Navigation autour d’un continent, d’une péninsule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-circumnavigation · circumnavigation · French
circumnavigation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | circumnavigation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \siʁ.kɔm.na.vi.ɡa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « circumnavigation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
circumnavigation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \siʁ.kɔm.na.vi.ɡa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
circumnavigation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is circumnavigation, spelled C-I-R-C-U-M-N-A-V-I-G-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Navigation autour d’un continent, d’une péninsule.
- 2Action de faire, en naviguant, le tour du globe terrestre.
- 3Action de faire le tour d’une péninsule, d’un continent, ou de monde à pied ou par un moyen de transport.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how circumnavigation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si dix-huit ou vingt siècles et la circumnavigation de l'Afrique et des Indes ont si peu ajouté, en ce genre, à ce que les anciens nous ont appris, il n'y a pas d'apparence que les siècles qui suivront apprennent beaucoup à nos neveux.
Le Valdemar devait pousser son voyage de circumnavigation jusqu'à Seidisfiord, station située sur la côte orientale de l'Islande ; mais comme je caressais toujours l'idée de gagner Reykjavík par terre en franchissant le désert du Stórisandr, le moment était venu de prendre congé du capitaine Kihl et de mes compagnons de traversée.
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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.