compulsionnel
\kɔ̃.pyl.sjɔ.nɛl\
The verdict
“compulsionnel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - De la nature de la compulsion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-compulsionnel · compulsionnel · French
compulsionnel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | compulsionnel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.pyl.sjɔ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
compulsionnel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃.pyl.sjɔ.nɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De la nature de la compulsion.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for compulsionnel, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is compulsionnel, spelled C-O-M-P-U-L-S-I-O-N-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1De la nature de la compulsion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how compulsionnel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une femme de 34 ans, non mariée, atteinte d'une névrose obsessionnelle compulsionnelle et se plaignant principalement d'être contrainte à un rite de lavage par une mysophobie et un manque de confiance en quoi que ce soit.
Mais ce qui vaut de l'insecte vaut-il partout et toujours ? En tout cas, conclut Heidegger, au-delà du cercle de désinhibition qui encercle le comportement compulsionnel de l'animal, on ne peut même pas dire qu'il n'y a rien.
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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.