initialisation
\i.ni.sja.li.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“initialisation” is uncommon French (frequency #55,369 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,369
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’initialiser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-initialisation · initialisation · French
initialisation · rank #55,369 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,369
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inhibe
Nearest frequency peer: inhibe (-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 « initialisation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- infiltrent
infiltrent
44,635 corpus weight
- inhibe
inhibe
44,633 corpus weight
- initialisat…
initialisation
44,632 corpus weight
- insolation
insolation
44,631 corpus weight
- insoutenabl…
insoutenables
44,630 corpus weight
- insurger
insurger
44,629 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « initialisation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | initialisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.ni.sja.li.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #55,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « initialisation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
initialisation is uncommon French at frequency #55,369 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.ni.sja.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for initialisation in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is initialisation, spelled I-N-I-T-I-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’initialiser.
- 2Première partie d'une démonstration par récurrence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how initialisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est la dynamique née de l’interaction complexe de l’environnement avec le sujet et autrui, dans son rapport à la réalité, aux autres et plus globalement au monde, qui permet ou interdit une initialisation du processus éducatif par l'individu lui-même.
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.
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