déclamation

\de.kla.ma.sjɔ̃\

/\de.kla.ma.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“déclamation” is uncommon French (frequency #65,093 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,093
frequency rank, French
404,891
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pièce d’éloquence que les rhéteurs de l’Antiquité composaient pour s’exercer.

Key facts for déclamation
PropertyValue
Headworddéclamation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.kla.ma.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#65,093
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “déclamation” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). déclamation lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

déclamation is uncommon French at frequency #65,093 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.kla.ma.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for déclamation, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 déclamation, spelled D-É-C-L-A-M-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce d’éloquence que les rhéteurs de l’Antiquité composaient pour s’exercer.
  2. 2
    Action, manière, art de déclamer.
  3. 3
    Emploi d’expressions et de phrases pompeuses dans un sujet, dans un ouvrage qui ne le comporte pas, ainsi que d’un discours, d’un écrit où l’on remarque ce genre d’affectation.

This word in other languages

declamation(English)declamación(Español)Deklamation(Deutsch)declamação(Português)

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 "déclamation"?
"déclamation" is spelled D-É-C-L-A-M-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \de.kla.ma.sjɔ̃\.
What does "déclamation" mean?
As a noun, "déclamation" means: Pièce d’éloquence que les rhéteurs de l’Antiquité composaient pour s’exercer.
How do you pronounce "déclamation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déclamation" is \de.kla.ma.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déclamation" come from?
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Using “déclamation”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is D-É-C-L-A-M-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \de.kla.ma.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

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list