examination
\ɛɡ.za.mi.na.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“examination” is uncommon French (frequency #87,619 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,619
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’examiner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-examination · examination · French
examination · rank #87,619 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,619
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH exceptées
Nearest frequency peer: exceptées (+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 « examination »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- essayerait
essayerait
12,387 corpus weight
- examination
examination
12,382 corpus weight
- exceptées
exceptées
12,381 corpus weight
- exila
exila
12,380 corpus weight
- expirait
expirait
12,379 corpus weight
- extrajudici…
extrajudiciaire
12,378 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « examination » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | examination |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛɡ.za.mi.na.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #87,619 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « examination » en français
Rare enough to double-check
examination is uncommon French at frequency #87,619 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛɡ.za.mi.na.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’examiner.".
Zero misspellings are on record for examination in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is examination, spelled E-X-A-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’examiner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how examination appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quant aucuns est condamnés comme bougres, par l’examination de sainte Église, sainte Église le doit abandonner à la laie justice.
Une serieuse et attentifve examination non seulement de ses paroles et actions, mais de ses pensées plus secrettes…
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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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