colorisation
\kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“colorisation” is uncommon French (frequency #81,894 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,894
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de coloriser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-colorisation · colorisation · French
colorisation · rank #81,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,894
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH codecs
Nearest frequency peer: codecs (-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 « colorisation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- coalisées
coalisées
18,109 corpus weight
- codecs
codecs
18,108 corpus weight
- colorisation
colorisation
18,107 corpus weight
- coltan
coltan
18,106 corpus weight
- combatifs
combatifs
18,105 corpus weight
- commandons
commandons
18,104 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « colorisation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colorisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #81,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « colorisation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
colorisation is uncommon French at frequency #81,894 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for colorisation, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is colorisation, spelled C-O-L-O-R-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de coloriser.
- 2Changement de couleur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how colorisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette « colorisation » nous met en face d’une vérité difficile à admettre, mais inéluctable : le réel où nous vivons n’est pas en couleurs. Il n’est d’ailleurs même pas en noir et blanc. Il est gris.
Je me retourne et je vois Jacques Yonnet, coiffé d'une viscope à carreaux et me tendant un livre d’Ivan Chtcheglov dont la couverture est une colorisation du Paris de ma jeunesse en noir et blanc.
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.
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