infantilisation

\ɛ̃.fɑ̃.ti.li.za.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.fɑ̃.ti.li.za.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“infantilisation” is uncommon French (frequency #90,825 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,825
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de rendre infantile, d’infantiliser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-infantilisation · infantilisation · French

infantilisation · rank #90,825 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,825
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH incurvées

Nearest frequency peer: incurvées (-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 « infantilisation »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for infantilisation
PropertyValue
Headwordinfantilisation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.fɑ̃.ti.li.za.sjɔ̃\
Letters15
Frequency rank#90,825
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « infantilisation » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).infantilisationtombe 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: « incurvées » (#90,824), « infirmée » (#90,826), « inconsistant » (#90,823). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « infantilisation » est au #90,825. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

infantilisation is uncommon French at frequency #90,825 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.fɑ̃.ti.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de rendre infantile, d’infantiliser.".

infantilisation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is infantilisation, spelled I-N-F-A-N-T-I-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de rendre infantile, d’infantiliser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La maladie tend à diminuer, à infantiliser. Cette infantilisation est trop souvent accentuée par l’entourage, protecteur, ou les soignants, paternalistes.
  2. Nos gouvernements ne résistent pas à la tentation de l’infantilisation qui devient exaspérante. Nous aurons droit à une trêve de Noël supervisée par des experts de la Santé publique. Ottawa nous dit même à quel volume mettre la musique.

This word in other languages

infantilization(English)

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 "infantilisation"?
"infantilisation" is spelled I-N-F-A-N-T-I-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fɑ̃.ti.li.za.sjɔ̃\.
What does "infantilisation" mean?
As a noun, "infantilisation" means: Action de rendre infantile, d’infantiliser.
How do you pronounce "infantilisation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infantilisation" is \ɛ̃.fɑ̃.ti.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infantilisation" come from?
"infantilisation" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list