fabulation
\fa.by.la.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“fabulation” 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) - Récit inventé et présenté comme véridique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fabulation · fabulation · French
fabulation · 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 "F" 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 | fabulation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fa.by.la.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fabulation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fabulation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fa.by.la.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
fabulation has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fabulation, spelled F-A-B-U-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Récit inventé et présenté comme véridique.
- 2Action d’inventer et de raconter un tel récit.
- 3Habitude pathologique de certaines personnes de raconter des récits imaginaires comme s'il s'agissait de faits réels et sans en avoir conscience.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fabulation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce dont, pour ma part, je suis convaincu, c’est que les siècles passant, les fabulations religieuses s’effritant, la mentalité israélite se modifiera, se corrigera; la fusion s’opérera complète entre les Juifs et les enfants du pays où leurs ancêtres se seront fixés.
Je ne crois pas avoir jamais été mythomane, c’est pourtant une fabulation qui sortit de mes lèvres.
Synonyms
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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.