élucidation
\e.ly.si.da.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“élucidation” is uncommon French (frequency #66,447 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,447
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’élucider.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elucidation · élucidation · French
élucidation · rank #66,447 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,447
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH élevèrent
Nearest frequency peer: élevèrent (-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 « élucidation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- élevons
élevons
33,556 corpus weight
- élevèrent
élevèrent
33,555 corpus weight
- élucidation
élucidation
33,554 corpus weight
- élucidée
élucidée
33,553 corpus weight
- émancipe
émancipe
33,552 corpus weight
- épithètes
épithètes
33,551 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « élucidation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | élucidation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ly.si.da.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,447 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « élucidation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
élucidation is uncommon French at frequency #66,447 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ly.si.da.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’élucider.".
No misspelling variants are generated for élucidation in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 élucidation, spelled É-L-U-C-I-D-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’élucider.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how élucidation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’élucidation d’un texte obscur.
L’élucidation de la structure tridimensionnelle de la molécule d’ADN, par Watson et Crick en 1953, sous forme d’une double hélice, réalise l’étape ultime de mise en correspondance de la structure et de la fonction.
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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