exhumation
\ɛɡ.zy.ma.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“exhumation” is uncommon French (frequency #51,457 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,457
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’exhumer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exhumation · exhumation · French
exhumation · rank #51,457 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,457
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH exploratoire
Nearest frequency peer: exploratoire (+2 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 « exhumation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- envoyèrent
envoyèrent
48,549 corpus weight
- essaierons
essaierons
48,547 corpus weight
- exhumation
exhumation
48,544 corpus weight
- exploratoire
exploratoire
48,542 corpus weight
- exposa
exposa
48,541 corpus weight
- extended
extended
48,540 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « exhumation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exhumation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛɡ.zy.ma.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #51,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « exhumation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
exhumation is uncommon French at frequency #51,457 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛɡ.zy.ma.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for exhumation in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 exhumation, spelled E-X-H-U-M-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’exhumer.
- 2Action de retrouver ou de ressortir des choses anciennes ou longtemps inutilisées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exhumation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D'où venait cet ossuaire? M. Ledru avait présidé à l'exhumation des rois à Saint-Denis, et il avait pris dans chaque tombeau ce qui lui avait plu.
Selon les termes de la loi sur les sépultures militaires, seul le secrétariat d'État aux Anciens Combattants et Victimes de guerre est habilité à procéder à l’exhumation des sépultures militaires.
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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