gamification

\ɡa.mi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\ɡa.mi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“gamification” is uncommon French (frequency #91,726 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,726
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Utilisation du jeu vidéo à des fins didactiques, managériales ou encore de marketing.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gamification · gamification · French

gamification · rank #91,726 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,726
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH galvanise

Nearest frequency peer: galvanise (-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 « gamification »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gamification » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gamification
PropertyValue
Headwordgamification
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡa.mi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#91,726
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gamification » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gamificationtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « galvanise » (#91,725), « Garaud » (#91,727), « Galthié » (#91,724). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gamification » est au #91,726. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gamification is uncommon French at frequency #91,726 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡa.mi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Utilisation du jeu vidéo à des fins didactiques, managériales ou encore de marketing.".

Zero misspellings are on record for gamification in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gamification, spelled G-A-M-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Utilisation du jeu vidéo à des fins didactiques, managériales ou encore de marketing.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C' est le principe de la “gamification” qui consiste à appliquer des clés et mécaniques de jeu video , centrées sur l' expérience utilisateur , dans des domaines qui en sont éloignés , en s' appuyant sur la prédisposition humaine au jeu . « Il permet d' impliquer les salariés dans le processus en leur proposant des interactions sensorielles », explique Ev…
  2. La 《 gamification 》 désigne le fait d'utiliser des mécanismes ludiques pour rendre un domaine, une application, particulièrement attractif en faisant appel à la prédisposition humaine au jeu.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gamification"?
"gamification" is spelled G-A-M-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡa.mi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "gamification" mean?
As a noun, "gamification" means: Utilisation du jeu vidéo à des fins didactiques, managériales ou encore de marketing.
How do you pronounce "gamification"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gamification" is \ɡa.mi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gamification", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list