dénégations

\de.ne.ɡa.sjɔ̃\

/\de.ne.ɡa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“dénégations” is uncommon French (frequency #53,921 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,921
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de dénégation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-denegations · dénégations · French

dénégations · rank #53,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,921
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dénoncez

Nearest frequency peer: dénoncez (-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 « dénégations »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dénégations
PropertyValue
Headworddénégations
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.ne.ɡa.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#53,921
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dénégations » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dénégationstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « dénoncez » (#53,920), « dépanne » (#53,922), « démontrés » (#53,919). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dénégations » est au #53,921. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dénégations is uncommon French at frequency #53,921 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.ne.ɡa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de dénégation.".

No misspelling variants are generated for dénégations in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dénégations, spelled D-É-N-É-G-A-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de dénégation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La difficulté que l’on éprouve à les capter et à les circonscrire tient au fait que ces signes sont moins émis que désémis, raturés dès leur esquisse, esquivés dès leur inscription, résultat brouillé de dénégations, subterfuges, confusions, manœuvres de déplacements, dépenses compensatoires, où le jeu de l’écriture et le jeu social (pour simplifier une op…

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 "dénégations"?
"dénégations" is spelled D-É-N-É-G-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ne.ɡa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "dénégations" mean?
As a noun, "dénégations" means: Pluriel de dénégation.
How do you pronounce "dénégations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dénégations" is \de.ne.ɡa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dénégations" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list