désambiguïsation
\de.zɑ̃.bi.ɡɥi.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“désambiguïsation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de désambiguïser ou résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-desambiguisation · désambiguïsation · French
désambiguïsation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | désambiguïsation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.zɑ̃.bi.ɡɥi.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « désambiguïsation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
désambiguïsation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.zɑ̃.bi.ɡɥi.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de désambiguïser ou résultat de cette action.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for désambiguïsation, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is désambiguïsation, spelled D-É-S-A-M-B-I-G-U-Ï-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de désambiguïser ou résultat de cette action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how désambiguïsation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais le locuteur court le risque de l’ambiguïté. Dans ces conditions, le rétablissement ou le réajustement du sens exige des moyens linguistiques et extralinguistiques de désambiguïsation.
La position de Kripke, très fortement influencée par Grice, est claire sur ce point. Selon lui, deux processus pragmatiques (et deux seulement) interviennent dans la détermination de ce qui est dit, à savoir : (i) la désambiguïsation lexicale (par ex. le mot anglais « bank » peut signifier la berge ou l’établissement bancaire) ; (ii) la saturation indexic…
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.