diabolisation
\dja.bɔ.li.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“diabolisation” is uncommon French (frequency #53,264 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,264
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de prêter des intentions diaboliques, malfaisantes ou pernicieuses à quelqu'un ou à quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diabolisation · diabolisation · French
diabolisation · rank #53,264 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,264
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH deva
Nearest frequency peer: deva (-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 « diabolisation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- demandai
demandai
46,740 corpus weight
- dessinatrice
dessinatrice
46,739 corpus weight
- deva
deva
46,738 corpus weight
- diabolisati…
diabolisation
46,737 corpus weight
- différentie…
différentiels
46,735 corpus weight
- disciplinée
disciplinée
46,734 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « diabolisation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diabolisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dja.bɔ.li.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #53,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « diabolisation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
diabolisation is uncommon French at frequency #53,264 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dja.bɔ.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de prêter des intentions diaboliques, malfaisantes ou pernicieuses à quelqu'un ou à quelque chose.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for diabolisation in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is diabolisation, spelled D-I-A-B-O-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de prêter des intentions diaboliques, malfaisantes ou pernicieuses à quelqu'un ou à quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how diabolisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour Vladimir Volkoff, la diabolisation d’un homme, d’un peuple, d’une idée, est l’un des signes les plus sûrs d’une désinformation à l’œuvre.
Bien que réconfortants pour plusieurs, la diabolisation de Vladimir Poutine et le rejet de tous les torts sur la Russie ne suffiront pas à mettre fin aux hostilités.
Synonyms
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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