cogénération

\ko.ʒe.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\ko.ʒe.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“cogénération” is uncommon French (frequency #59,898 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,898
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Production simultanée d’électricité et de chaleur utile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cogeneration · cogénération · French

cogénération · rank #59,898 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,898
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cogneur

Nearest frequency peer: cogneur (-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 « cogénération »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cogénération
PropertyValue
Headwordcogénération
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ko.ʒe.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#59,898
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cogénération » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cogénérationtombe 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: « cogneur » (#59,897), « colour » (#59,899), « cocus » (#59,896). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cogénération » est au #59,898. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cogénération is uncommon French at frequency #59,898 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ko.ʒe.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Production simultanée d’électricité et de chaleur utile.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cogénération, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cogénération, spelled C-O-G-É-N-É-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Production simultanée d’électricité et de chaleur utile.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Équipé de 4200 m² de panneaux photovoltaïques et d’une chaudière à cogénération alimentée à l’huile de colza, il n’est pas climatisé, un système de ventilation naturelle assurant le rafraîchissement nocturne des bureaux.

This word in other languages

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 "cogénération"?
"cogénération" is spelled C-O-G-É-N-É-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ko.ʒe.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "cogénération" mean?
As a noun, "cogénération" means: Production simultanée d’électricité et de chaleur utile.
How do you pronounce "cogénération"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cogénération" is \ko.ʒe.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cogénération" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list