disquisition
\dis.ki.zi.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“disquisition” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Investigation ou recherche minutieuse, voire pointilleuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-disquisition · disquisition · French
disquisition · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | disquisition |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dis.ki.zi.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
disquisition is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dis.ki.zi.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Investigation ou recherche minutieuse, voire pointilleuse.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for disquisition, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is disquisition, spelled D-I-S-Q-U-I-S-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Investigation ou recherche minutieuse, voire pointilleuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how disquisition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De fastidieuses productions de généalogies, de froides disquisitions sur les faits, d'insipides vérifications de dates sont les charges et les servitudes de l'écrivain.
Dès lors, plus d'hypothèses inutiles sur des forces vitales, sur un animisme distinct ou indistinct ; plus de disquisitions oiseuses sur les causes premières, inaccessibles à notre curiosité, autant qu'éloignées de notre but pratique : […].
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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.