culpabilisation

\kyl.pa.bi.li.za.sjɔ̃\

/\kyl.pa.bi.li.za.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“culpabilisation” is uncommon French (frequency #54,509 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,509
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de culpabiliser ou résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-culpabilisation · culpabilisation · French

culpabilisation · rank #54,509 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,509
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cueillies

Nearest frequency peer: cueillies (-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 « culpabilisation »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for culpabilisation
PropertyValue
Headwordculpabilisation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kyl.pa.bi.li.za.sjɔ̃\
Letters15
Frequency rank#54,509
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « culpabilisation » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).culpabilisationtombe 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: « cueillies » (#54,508), « crumble » (#54,507), « custer » (#54,511). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « culpabilisation » est au #54,509. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

culpabilisation is uncommon French at frequency #54,509 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kyl.pa.bi.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de culpabiliser ou résultat de cette action.".

No misspelling variants are generated for culpabilisation in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is culpabilisation, spelled C-U-L-P-A-B-I-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de culpabiliser ou résultat de cette action.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Auteur de Qatar, le Mondial de la honte (éd. Libertalia), le journaliste Nicolas Kssis-Martov se dit « contre la culpabilisation. En revanche, on aurait déjà dû demander à nos députés de regarder ça de près. Après tout, ils ont bien voté l’envoi de 200 policiers français au Qatar. »
  2. Puisque le sentiment de culpabilité est propre à l’individu, pour que la culpabilisation soit efficace, elle doit être spécifiquement adressée à chaque individu.

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 "culpabilisation"?
"culpabilisation" is spelled C-U-L-P-A-B-I-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kyl.pa.bi.li.za.sjɔ̃\.
What does "culpabilisation" mean?
As a noun, "culpabilisation" means: Action de culpabiliser ou résultat de cette action.
How do you pronounce "culpabilisation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "culpabilisation" is \kyl.pa.bi.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "culpabilisation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list