forestation

\fɔ.ʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\fɔ.ʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“forestation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fait de planter des arbres en grand nombre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-forestation · forestation · French

forestation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 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.

Key facts for forestation
PropertyValue
Headwordforestation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔ.ʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « forestation » en français

forestationsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

forestation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔ.ʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fait de planter des arbres en grand nombre.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for forestation in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is forestation, spelled F-O-R-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fait de planter des arbres en grand nombre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how forestation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. M BOUÉ. — Oui Comme les vœux sont très souvent détachés des considérations qui les précédent, il faut que ce considérant soit inscrit dans le vœu lui-même après premièrement : « En attendant que la forestation ait produit tous les effets nécessaires, l’État doit encourager etc ». […] M. le président, DABAT. — On mettrait alors : « En attendant que le rebo…
  2. Le Directeur de l’École est membre du Conseil et a obtenu aussi la participation des élèves à des fins de bien commun, comme la forestation et la distribution de plants de café.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "forestation"?
"forestation" is spelled F-O-R-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ.ʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "forestation" mean?
As a noun, "forestation" means: Fait de planter des arbres en grand nombre.
How do you pronounce "forestation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "forestation" is \fɔ.ʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "forestation" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list