corruptions

\kɔ.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“corruptions” is uncommon French (frequency #61,420 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,420
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de corruption.

Corpus desk

Index FR-corruptions · corruptions · French

corruptions · rank #61,420 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,420
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cornets

Nearest frequency peer: cornets (-2 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 « corruptions »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for corruptions
PropertyValue
Headwordcorruptions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#61,420
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « corruptions » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.corruptionstombe 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: « cornets » (#61,418), « couchées » (#61,422), « convoquant » (#61,417). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « corruptions » est au #61,420. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

corruptions is uncommon French at frequency #61,420 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de corruption.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for corruptions, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is corruptions, spelled C-O-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de corruption.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Oui, madame de Maufrigneuse restait un ange que les corruptions de la terre n’atteignaient pas : un ange aux Variétés devant ces farces à demi obscènes et populacières qui la faisaient rire, un ange au milieu du feu croisé des délicieuses plaisanteries et des chroniques scandaleuses qui se disaient aux parties fines, un ange pâmée au Vaudeville en loge gr…

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 "corruptions"?
"corruptions" is spelled C-O-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\.
What does "corruptions" mean?
As a noun, "corruptions" means: Pluriel de corruption.
How do you pronounce "corruptions"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corruptions" is \kɔ.ʁyp.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 "corruptions", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list