inoculation

\i.nɔ.ky.la.sjɔ̃\

/\i.nɔ.ky.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“inoculation” is uncommon French (frequency #54,654 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,654
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Introduction dans l’organisme d’une substance contenant les germes vivants d’une maladie. Elle peut être accidentelle ou faite dans un but thérapeutique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inoculation · inoculation · French

inoculation · rank #54,654 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,654
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH innovent

Nearest frequency peer: innovent (-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 « inoculation »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for inoculation
PropertyValue
Headwordinoculation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.nɔ.ky.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#54,654
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « inoculation » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).inoculationtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « innovent » (#54,653), « inopportun » (#54,655), « inhumés » (#54,652). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inoculation » est au #54,654. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

inoculation is uncommon French at frequency #54,654 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.nɔ.ky.la.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Introduction dans l’organisme d’une substance contenant les germes vivants d’une maladie. Elle peut être accidentelle ou faite dans un but thérapeutique.".

inoculation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is inoculation, spelled I-N-O-C-U-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Introduction dans l’organisme d’une substance contenant les germes vivants d’une maladie. Elle peut être accidentelle ou faite dans un but thérapeutique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La supposition d'un virus morbilleux et de la contagion de la rougeole conduisit un Anglais célèbre , le docteur Home, à tenter l’inoculation de cette maladie.
  2. On doit, sans perdre un instant, extirper la tumeur : opération qui exige la main d’un anatomiste, et qui n’est pas sans danger pour celui qui la pratique, l’inoculation de l’ichor gangreneux pouvant causer la mort.

This word in other languages

inoculation(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 "inoculation"?
"inoculation" is spelled I-N-O-C-U-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \i.nɔ.ky.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "inoculation" mean?
As a noun, "inoculation" means: Introduction dans l’organisme d’une substance contenant les germes vivants d’une maladie. Elle peut être accidentelle ou faite dans un but thérapeutique.
How do you pronounce "inoculation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inoculation" is \i.nɔ.ky.la.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inoculation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list