dormition
\dɔʁ.mi.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“dormition” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de dormir, sommeil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dormition · dormition · French
dormition · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | dormition |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔʁ.mi.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dormition » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dormition is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔʁ.mi.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dormition, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dormition, spelled D-O-R-M-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de dormir, sommeil.
- 2(Normalement avec une majuscule initiale) Nom donné à la mort de la Vierge, cette mort étant considérée comme un court sommeil, puisque suivie de l’assomption.
- 3Endormissement.
- 4Mort de la Sainte Vierge, des pieux fidèles et des saints, à l’exception de ceux décédés de manière violente.
- 5Œuvre d’art représentant la mort de la Vierge Marie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dormition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La modernité est pleine de ces héros de l’extinction et de la dormition qui déploient une exorbitante force d’inertie, érigent léthargie et paresse en valeurs absolues.
C’est l’heure de dormition !
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.