indisposition
\ɛ̃.dis.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“indisposition” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Léger malaise, légère altération dans la santé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-indisposition · indisposition · French
indisposition · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | indisposition |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.dis.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
indisposition is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.dis.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for indisposition in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is indisposition, spelled I-N-D-I-S-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Léger malaise, légère altération dans la santé.
- 2Menstruations.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how indisposition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous rentrez chez vous, vous avez hâté rageusement votre cheval normand, vous n’avez évité ni l’indisposition de votre animal, ni l’indisposition de votre femme.
l était jaloux jusqu’à la folie de l’air d’intimité, de plaisir, avec lequel on parlait à Lucien depuis si longtemps, et on lui avait dit au régiment qu’il ne fallait pas croire aux indispositions des belles dames.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.