familiarise
\fa.mi.lja.ʁiz\
The verdict
“familiarise” is uncommon French (frequency #69,079 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,079
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de familiariser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-familiarise · familiarise · French
familiarise · rank #69,079 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,079
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fal
Nearest frequency peer: fal (-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 « familiarise »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fae
fae
30,925 corpus weight
- faiblard
faiblard
30,924 corpus weight
- fal
fal
30,923 corpus weight
- familiarise
familiarise
30,922 corpus weight
- families
families
30,921 corpus weight
- farceurs
farceurs
30,920 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « familiarise » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | familiarise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fa.mi.lja.ʁiz\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « familiarise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
familiarise is uncommon French at frequency #69,079 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fa.mi.lja.ʁiz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for familiarise, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is familiarise, spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-A-R-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de familiariser.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de familiariser.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de familiariser.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de familiariser.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de familiariser.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).