commisération
\kɔ.mi.ze.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“commisération” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de pitié qu’on ressent pour ceux qui se sont rendus coupables de fautes, qui ont commis des actes contraires à la morale, à la religion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-commiseration · commisération · French
commisération · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | commisération |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.mi.ze.ʁa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
commisération is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.mi.ze.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for commisération, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with 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 commisération, spelled C-O-M-M-I-S-É-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Sorte de pitié qu’on ressent pour ceux qui se sont rendus coupables de fautes, qui ont commis des actes contraires à la morale, à la religion.
- 2Fait d’éprouver de la miséricorde ; de partager la misère mentale d’autrui due à sa situation ; de compatir pour la souffrance physique ou morale d’un ou plusieurs autres individus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how commisération appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ron et Hermione jetèrent à Harry un regard où se mêlaient l’exaspération et la commisération.
Malgré mes efforts, le concours des places ne m'a pas été plus favorable que mes précédentes tentatives, après que le jury ait rejeté sans la moindre commisération ma candidature.
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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.