décriminalisation
\de.kʁi.mi.na.li.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“décriminalisation” is uncommon French (frequency #79,244 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,244
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de décriminaliser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decriminalisation · décriminalisation · French
décriminalisation · rank #79,244 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,244
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH décolletée
Nearest frequency peer: décolletée (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “décriminalisation”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- déchiquetée
déchiquetée
20,760 corpus weight
- décima
décima
20,759 corpus weight
- décolletée
décolletée
20,758 corpus weight
- décriminali…
décriminalisation
20,757 corpus weight
- décrive
décrive
20,756 corpus weight
- décrochera
décrochera
20,755 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “décriminalisation” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | décriminalisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.kʁi.mi.na.li.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #79,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “décriminalisation” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
décriminalisation is uncommon French at frequency #79,244 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.kʁi.mi.na.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de décriminaliser.".
décriminalisation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is décriminalisation, spelled D-É-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de décriminaliser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how décriminalisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On se demande quelle utilité l’auteur a pu trouver dans l’emploi de mots aussi barbares que ceux de décriminalisation, décorrectionalisation, CONTRAVENTIONNALISATION ! ! Ce n’est pas ainsi que l’École belge fera renaître la langue élégante et. pure que parlaient les jurisconsultes de Rome.
Or, selon les experts, qui ont également passé en revue tous les pays où ces approches sont légalisées ou décriminalisées, il n’y a aucune preuve que cette décriminalisation entraîne des abus dans l’application, c’est-à-dire la pratique de l’euthanasie ou du suicide assisté sur des personnes non compétentes ou non consentantes.
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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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 17 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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