consignation

\kɔ̃.si.ɲa.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.si.ɲa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“consignation” is uncommon French (frequency #55,164 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,164
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dépôt d’une somme ou d’autre chose entre les mains d’une personne publique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-consignation · consignation · French

consignation · rank #55,164 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,164
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conseillerai

Nearest frequency peer: conseillerai (-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 « consignation »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for consignation
PropertyValue
Headwordconsignation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.si.ɲa.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#55,164
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « consignation » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).consignationtombe 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: « conseillerai » (#55,163), « construise » (#55,165), « Conchita » (#55,162). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « consignation » est au #55,164. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

consignation is uncommon French at frequency #55,164 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.si.ɲa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for consignation in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is consignation, spelled C-O-N-S-I-G-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dépôt d’une somme ou d’autre chose entre les mains d’une personne publique.
  2. 2
    Mise par écrit, mention, inscription, spécialement dans une pièce officielle.
  3. 3
    Action de déposer, préalablement à certains actes, le montant de l’amende qui peut être encourue par l’issue d’un procès.
  4. 4
    Condamnation d’une installation technique, électrique ou autre, blocage d’une source de tension à l’aide d’un cadenas que l’on ajoute sur un disjoncteur en mode éteint.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Consignation judiciaire.
  2. Faire une consignation au greffe.

Antonyms

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 "consignation"?
"consignation" is spelled C-O-N-S-I-G-N-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.si.ɲa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "consignation" mean?
As a noun, "consignation" means: Dépôt d’une somme ou d’autre chose entre les mains d’une personne publique.
How do you pronounce "consignation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consignation" is \kɔ̃.si.ɲa.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 "consignation", 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