forestation
\fɔ.ʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forestation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔ.ʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « forestation » en français
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
- 1Fait de planter des arbres en grand nombre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how forestation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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…
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.