ignition

\iɡ.ni.sjɔ̃\

/\iɡ.ni.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“ignition” is uncommon French (frequency #67,586 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,586
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État des corps en combustion.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ignition · ignition · French

ignition · rank #67,586 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,586
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH ifi

Nearest frequency peer: ifi (-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 « ignition »

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 « ignition » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ignition
PropertyValue
Headwordignition
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\iɡ.ni.sjɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#67,586
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ignition » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ignitiontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « ifi » (#67,585), « illusoires » (#67,587), « illustrator » (#67,588). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « ignition » est au #67,586. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ignition is uncommon French at frequency #67,586 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \iɡ.ni.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ignition, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ignition, spelled I-G-N-I-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    État des corps en combustion.
  2. 2
    État d’un métal ou d’un autre corps chauffé jusqu’à ce qu’il devienne rouge ; action de le porter dans cet état.
  3. 3
    État de fusion d’un plasma dans lequel l’énergie produite est suffisante pour que la réaction soit capable de s’auto-entretenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans la pipe ou le cigare, la combustion est incomplète, comme le témoigne assez la fumée ; les parties voisines du feu subissent toujours une distillation et une carbonisation partielles avant d'entrer à leur tour en ignition.
  2. […], il lui indiqua, d’après l’encyclopédie chinoise, deux volcans en ignition dans les régions centrales de l’Asie, à quatre cents lieues de la mer ; […].

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ignition"?
"ignition" is spelled I-G-N-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \iɡ.ni.sjɔ̃\.
What does "ignition" mean?
As a noun, "ignition" means: État des corps en combustion.
How do you pronounce "ignition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ignition" is \iɡ.ni.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 "ignition", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list