crispation
\kʁis.pa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“crispation” is uncommon French (frequency #53,881 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,881
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Resserrement par lequel certaines choses se contractent en se ridant à la surface.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crispation · crispation · French
crispation · rank #53,881 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,881
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH covenant
Nearest frequency peer: covenant (-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 « crispation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- courbée
courbée
46,123 corpus weight
- cousus
cousus
46,122 corpus weight
- covenant
covenant
46,121 corpus weight
- crispation
crispation
46,120 corpus weight
- croûtons
croûtons
46,118 corpus weight
- Crémieux
Crémieux
46,117 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « crispation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crispation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁis.pa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,881 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crispation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crispation is uncommon French at frequency #53,881 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁis.pa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
crispation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is crispation, spelled C-R-I-S-P-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Resserrement par lequel certaines choses se contractent en se ridant à la surface.
- 2Contraction qui se produit dans les entrailles, dans les nerfs, etc.
- 3Ce qui cause une vive impatience.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crispation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je sentais l'intensité du courant grandir et à mesure ma gorge, mes mâchoires, tous les muscles de mon visage, jusqu'à mes paupières se contacter dans une crispation de plus en plus douloureuse.
Le premier ministre ukrainien, Denys Chmyhal, a appelé dimanche l’Allemagne à renforcer son soutien militaire à l’Ukraine, tout en reconnaissant les efforts déjà accomplis, lors d’un déplacement à Berlin qui tourne la page de récentes crispations entre les deux pays.
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.
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