désunion
\de.zy.njɔ̃\
The verdict
“désunion” is uncommon French (frequency #62,235 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,235
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de désunir, en parlant d’une famille, d’un parti, etc. ; ou résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-desunion · désunion · French
désunion · rank #62,235 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,235
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH désiste
Nearest frequency peer: désiste (-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 « désunion »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- désenclavem…
désenclavement
37,769 corpus weight
- désintéress…
désintéressés
37,768 corpus weight
- désiste
désiste
37,767 corpus weight
- désunion
désunion
37,766 corpus weight
- ebony
ebony
37,765 corpus weight
- ecclésiale
ecclésiale
37,764 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « désunion » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | désunion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.zy.njɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « désunion » en français
Rare enough to double-check
désunion is uncommon French at frequency #62,235 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.zy.njɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de désunir, en parlant d’une famille, d’un parti, etc. ; ou résultat de cette action.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for désunion, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is désunion, spelled D-É-S-U-N-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de désunir, en parlant d’une famille, d’un parti, etc. ; ou résultat de cette action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how désunion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La diversité d’intérêts cause la désunion.
C’est lui qui a mis la désunion dans cette famille.
This word in other languages
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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