formalise
\fɔʁ.ma.liz\
The verdict
“formalise” is uncommon French (frequency #57,279 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,279
- 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 formaliser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-formalise · formalise · French
formalise · rank #57,279 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,279
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH forcerait
Nearest frequency peer: forcerait (-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 « formalise »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- flanche
flanche
42,725 corpus weight
- foraines
foraines
42,724 corpus weight
- forcerait
forcerait
42,723 corpus weight
- formalise
formalise
42,722 corpus weight
- fournissons
fournissons
42,721 corpus weight
- frappaient
frappaient
42,720 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « formalise » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | formalise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɔʁ.ma.liz\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « formalise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
formalise is uncommon French at frequency #57,279 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fɔʁ.ma.liz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
formalise has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is formalise, spelled F-O-R-M-A-L-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de formaliser.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de formaliser.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de formaliser.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de formaliser.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de formaliser.
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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