fertiliser
\fɛʁ.ti.li.ze\
The verdict
“fertiliser” is uncommon French (frequency #76,570 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,570
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre fertile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fertiliser · fertiliser · French
fertiliser · rank #76,570 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,570
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fermentée
Nearest frequency peer: fermentée (-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 « fertiliser »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fede
fede
23,435 corpus weight
- fenouillet
fenouillet
23,434 corpus weight
- fermentée
fermentée
23,433 corpus weight
- fertiliser
fertiliser
23,431 corpus weight
- fibrome
fibrome
23,429 corpus weight
- fichées
fichées
23,428 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fertiliser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fertiliser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ.ti.li.ze\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fertiliser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fertiliser is uncommon French at frequency #76,570 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ.ti.li.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rendre fertile.".
No misspelling variants are generated for fertiliser in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fertiliser, spelled F-E-R-T-I-L-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Rendre fertile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fertiliser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n'est presque aucune de ces eaux, qui par le travail le plus simple, & le soin seulement de les reprendre assez haut & d'en détourner une partie pour les répandre sur les terres, ne fertilisassent les campagnes qui en paroissent les plus éloignées.
L'argille convient pour améliorer les terres sablonneuses , graveleuses ou pierreuses ; on s'en sert beaucoup dans la Province de Stafford. Soixante-quinze charges suffiront à un arpent, & fertiliseront la terre quarante ans : […].
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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