individuation
\ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“individuation” is uncommon French (frequency #74,891 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,891
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui fait qu’un individu diffère d’un autre individu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-individuation · individuation · French
individuation · rank #74,891 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,891
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH indemnisées
Nearest frequency peer: indemnisées (-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 « individuation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- inaugurera
inaugurera
25,114 corpus weight
- incombait
incombait
25,113 corpus weight
- inconsidérés
inconsidérés
25,112 corpus weight
- indemnisées
indemnisées
25,111 corpus weight
- individuati…
individuation
25,110 corpus weight
- inexplorées
inexplorées
25,109 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « individuation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | individuation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #74,891 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « individuation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
individuation is uncommon French at frequency #74,891 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ce qui fait qu’un individu diffère d’un autre individu.".
Zero misspellings are on record for individuation in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is individuation, spelled I-N-D-I-V-I-D-U-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ce qui fait qu’un individu diffère d’un autre individu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how individuation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Devenir un individu, c'est aussi une expérience intime […] Bien sûr, l'individuation est tout autant un cheminement intime, qui se construit dans la sphère familiale, privée. L'individuation est tout simplement l'enjeu de l'éducation, qu'elle soit parentale, scolaire, populaire.
Dira-t-on que le principe d'individuation réside dans les accidents matériels qui se surajoutent à l'essence spécifique : […]?
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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