cristallisation
\kʁis.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“cristallisation” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #39,732 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,732
- frequency rank, French
- 15
- letters
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Phénomène par lequel les parties d’une substance qui était à l’état gazeux ou dissoute dans un liquide se rapprochent les unes des autres, en vertu de leurs propres attractions, pour former un corp...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cristallisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁis.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #39,732 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cristallisation” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cristallisation is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁis.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #39,732 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for cristallisation, with forms such as "ccristallisation", "cirstallisation", and "crisatllisation". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 cristallisation, spelled C-R-I-S-T-A-L-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Phénomène par lequel les parties d’une substance qui était à l’état gazeux ou dissoute dans un liquide se rapprochent les unes des autres, en vertu de leurs propres attractions, pour former un corps solide d’une figure régulière et déterminée.
- 2Groupements de cristaux.
- 3Action de cristalliser, de figer.
- 4Sentiment amoureux produit par l’imaginaire de l’amant.
- 5Tout sentiment né de l’imagination personnelle, ou collective, qui se fixe sur un objet ou une personne pour le transfigurer.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccristallisation,cirstallisation,crisatllisation,crisstallisation,cristalilsation,cristalisation,cristalliastion,cristallisaiton,cristallisatino,cristallisationn,cristallisatoin,cristallisattion,cristallissation,cristallistaion,cristallsiation,cristlalisation,cristtallisation,critsallisation,crristallisation,crsitallisation,rcistallisation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cristallisation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “cristallisation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-R-I-S-T-A-L-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kʁis.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.