distension
\dis.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“distension” is uncommon French (frequency #86,619 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,619
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élargissement ou allongement d’un corps élastique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-distension · distension · French
distension · rank #86,619 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,619
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dissent
Nearest frequency peer: dissent (-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 « distension »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dispendieus…
dispendieuses
13,385 corpus weight
- disputez
disputez
13,384 corpus weight
- dissent
dissent
13,383 corpus weight
- distension
distension
13,382 corpus weight
- distortion
distortion
13,381 corpus weight
- dolor
dolor
13,379 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « distension » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | distension |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dis.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #86,619 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « distension » en français
Rare enough to double-check
distension is uncommon French at frequency #86,619 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dis.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
distension has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 distension, spelled D-I-S-T-E-N-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Élargissement ou allongement d’un corps élastique.
- 2Expansion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how distension appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ensuite, il contracte les muscles protracteurs de son système génioglosse; la langue jaillit alors de la bouche, les muscles rétracteurs se laissant étirer jusqu'à l'extrême distension des fibres.
Alors le château s’imposera, en imposera, par sa distension; […].
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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