concussion

\kɔ̃.ky.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.ky.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“concussion” is uncommon French (frequency #89,550 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,550
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Profit illicite que l’on fait dans l’exercice d’une fonction publique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-concussion · concussion · French

concussion · rank #89,550 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,550
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH concoctés

Nearest frequency peer: concoctés (-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 « concussion »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for concussion
PropertyValue
Headwordconcussion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.ky.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#89,550
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « concussion » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).concussiontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « concoctés » (#89,549), « confiaient » (#89,551), « conca » (#89,548). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « concussion » est au #89,550. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

concussion is uncommon French at frequency #89,550 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.ky.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for concussion in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is concussion, spelled C-O-N-C-U-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Profit illicite que l’on fait dans l’exercice d’une fonction publique.
  2. 2
    Secousse.
  3. 3
    Entrechoc : se dit en organologie pour les idiophones dont deux parties identiques sont frappées l’une contre l’autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans une lettre adressée au ministre des finances que Mediapart a pu consulter, le procureur général près la Cour des comptes, Gilles Johanet, estime que le traitement du dossier fiscal de Tapie, en 2008-2009, a donné lieu à un délit de concussion (octroi d'un avantage indu).
  2. Le maître d’hôtel était loin de l’en blâmer, non qu’il ne fût lui-même parfaitement honnête, mais croyant tous les hommes politiques véreux, le crime de concussion lui paraissait moins grave que le plus léger délit de vol

Synonyms

malversationstellionat

This word in other languages

concussion(English)concusión(Español)Betrug(Deutsch)

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 "concussion"?
"concussion" is spelled C-O-N-C-U-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.ky.sjɔ̃\.
What does "concussion" mean?
As a noun, "concussion" means: Profit illicite que l’on fait dans l’exercice d’une fonction publique.
How do you pronounce "concussion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concussion" is \kɔ̃.ky.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

confiaient#89,551compactage#89,545contrefous#89,558colériques#89,540

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list