exhaustion
\ɛɡ.zos.tjɔ̃\
The verdict
“exhaustion” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’épuiser un gaz, un liquide contenu dans un récipient.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exhaustion · exhaustion · French
exhaustion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | exhaustion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛɡ.zos.tjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « exhaustion » en français
Rare enough to double-check
exhaustion is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛɡ.zos.tjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
exhaustion has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is exhaustion, spelled E-X-H-A-U-S-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’épuiser un gaz, un liquide contenu dans un récipient.
- 2Action de prendre, d’user entièrement.
- 3Énumération de tous les cas possibles dans une question.
- 4Épuisement d'énergie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exhaustion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
pompe d’exhaustion.
L’induction est impossible, car elle suppose l’exhaustion de tous les singuliers.
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.