civilise
\si.vi.liz\
The verdict
“civilise” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe civiliser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-civilise · civilise · French
civilise · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | civilise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \si.vi.liz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « civilise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
civilise is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \si.vi.liz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for civilise, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is civilise, spelled C-I-V-I-L-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe civiliser.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe civiliser.
- 3Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe civiliser.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe civiliser.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe civiliser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how civilise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’Amérindien qui se civilise, selon cette logique, se désamérindianise.
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.