dérivations
\de.ʁi.va.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“dérivations” is uncommon French (frequency #79,254 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,254
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de dérivation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-derivations · dérivations · French
dérivations · rank #79,254 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,254
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dérembourseme…
Nearest frequency peer: déremboursement (-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 « dérivations »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- déférées
déférées
20,751 corpus weight
- délibérés
délibérés
20,750 corpus weight
- dépensons
dépensons
20,749 corpus weight
- dérembourse…
déremboursement
20,748 corpus weight
- dérivations
dérivations
20,747 corpus weight
- désamiantage
désamiantage
20,746 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dérivations » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dérivations |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.ʁi.va.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #79,254 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dérivations » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dérivations is uncommon French at frequency #79,254 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.ʁi.va.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de dérivation.".
dérivations doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dérivations, spelled D-É-R-I-V-A-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de dérivation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dérivations appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De ce fait, les procédures pour simple usage de stupéfiant ont considérablement augmenté, si bien que les pouvoirs publics ont cherché à désemboliser le circuit pénal au moyen de « dérivations judiciaires » destinées à éviter l’entrée de nouvelles cohortes dans un système judiciaire qui ne peut plus faire face à l’inflation procédurale.
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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