dramatisation
\dʁa.ma.ti.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“dramatisation” is uncommon French (frequency #63,680 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,680
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adaptation d’un récit ou d’un matériau narratif à la forme dramatique (dialogues, scènes, mise en intrigue) pour la scène, la radio, la télévision ou le cinéma.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dramatisation · dramatisation · French
dramatisation · rank #63,680 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,680
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH druzes
Nearest frequency peer: druzes (+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 « dramatisation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- doges
doges
36,326 corpus weight
- dramatisati…
dramatisation
36,321 corpus weight
- druzes
druzes
36,320 corpus weight
- duperie
duperie
36,318 corpus weight
- Dyle
Dyle
36,317 corpus weight
- déambulatoi…
déambulatoire
36,316 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dramatisation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dramatisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁa.ma.ti.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #63,680 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dramatisation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dramatisation is uncommon French at frequency #63,680 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁa.ma.ti.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dramatisation, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is dramatisation, spelled D-R-A-M-A-T-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Adaptation d’un récit ou d’un matériau narratif à la forme dramatique (dialogues, scènes, mise en intrigue) pour la scène, la radio, la télévision ou le cinéma.
- 2Procédé consistant à accentuer le caractère dramatique d’un fait ou d’un débat pour susciter l’émotion, l’indignation ou l’intérêt (proche de sensationalisme).
- 3Tendance à surestimer la gravité des événements dans son appréciation personnelle (biais cognitif).
- 4Activité d’apprentissage fondée sur la mise en scène ou le jeu de rôles pour travailler des situations, des textes ou des compétences langagières.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dramatisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La dramatisation d’épisodes de l’histoire sainte dans les mystères du Moyen Âge.
La dramatisation d’un récit.
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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