innervation
\i.nɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“innervation” is uncommon French (frequency #81,260 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,260
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Répartition des éléments nerveux dans l’organisme ou dans une partie de l’organisme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-innervation · innervation · French
innervation · rank #81,260 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,260
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH injectables
Nearest frequency peer: injectables (-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 « innervation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- inférer
inférer
18,743 corpus weight
- injectables
injectables
18,742 corpus weight
- innervation
innervation
18,741 corpus weight
- innés
innés
18,740 corpus weight
- insatisfais…
insatisfaisante
18,739 corpus weight
- insensiblem…
insensiblement
18,738 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « innervation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | innervation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.nɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #81,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « innervation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
innervation is uncommon French at frequency #81,260 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.nɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
innervation has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is innervation, spelled I-N-N-E-R-V-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Répartition des éléments nerveux dans l’organisme ou dans une partie de l’organisme.
- 2Mode d’action du système nerveux ; ensemble des fonctions des nerfs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how innervation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La vascularisation et l’innervation de l’auricule rappellent son origine embryologique.
L'anémie cérébrale peut avoir pour origine un trouble de l'innervation vasculaire, c'est-à-dire la contraction générale des vaisseaux encéphaliques [...° Les maladies précédemment décrites sont spécialisées par leurs symptômes qui permettent de les rapporter à une région déterminée de l'appareil d'innervation
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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