extrusion
\ɛk.stʁy.zjɔ̃\
The verdict
“extrusion” is uncommon French (frequency #69,069 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,069
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Émission de lave sans projection ni écoulement, qui forme aiguille ou dôme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-extrusion · extrusion · French
extrusion · rank #69,069 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,069
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH extermine
Nearest frequency peer: extermine (-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 « extrusion »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- explosait
explosait
30,935 corpus weight
- exportatrice
exportatrice
30,934 corpus weight
- extermine
extermine
30,933 corpus weight
- extrusion
extrusion
30,932 corpus weight
- facepalm
facepalm
30,931 corpus weight
- faciaux
faciaux
30,929 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « extrusion » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extrusion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛk.stʁy.zjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,069 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « extrusion » en français
Rare enough to double-check
extrusion is uncommon French at frequency #69,069 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛk.stʁy.zjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for extrusion, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is extrusion, spelled E-X-T-R-U-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Émission de lave sans projection ni écoulement, qui forme aiguille ou dôme.
- 2Procédé de fabrication en continu de produits au moyen d'une boudineuse ou d'une filière.
- 3Type d'effets spéciaux applicables à un dessin vectoriel, consistant à créer une forme tridimensionnelle à partir d'un objet plan.
- 4Processus affectant un tissu cellulaire, au cours duquel une cellule s’extrait du tissu et se transforme en cellule migratrice.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how extrusion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une extrusion visqueuse.
L'extrusion s'applique à divers produits comme les métaux (voir l'article filage), les matières plastiques, les caoutchoucs, les matériaux composites, mais aussi l'argile, les pâtes alimentaires, etc.
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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