dysfonction
\dis.fɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“dysfonction” is uncommon French (frequency #62,210 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,210
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dysfonctionnement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dysfonction · dysfonction · French
dysfonction · rank #62,210 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,210
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH débarquements
Nearest frequency peer: débarquements (+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 « dysfonction »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Dries
Dries
37,794 corpus weight
- dud
dud
37,793 corpus weight
- dysfonction
dysfonction
37,791 corpus weight
- débarquemen…
débarquements
37,790 corpus weight
- débattant
débattant
37,789 corpus weight
- déchargent
déchargent
37,788 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dysfonction » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dysfonction |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dis.fɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dysfonction » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dysfonction is uncommon French at frequency #62,210 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dis.fɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
dysfonction has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 dysfonction, spelled D-Y-S-F-O-N-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Dysfonctionnement.
- 2Mauvais fonctionnement, défaut, trouble, en particulier concernant la sexualité masculine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dysfonction appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans le premier cas, on parlera de pathologie de l'administration, de bureaupathologie ou, pour emprunter la terminologie de K. MERTON, de dysfonctions administratives.
La dysfonction érectile se définit par l’incapacité à obtenir ou à maintenir une érection suffisante pour un rapport sexuel.
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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