institutionnalisation

\ɛ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ.na.li.za.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ.na.li.za.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“institutionnalisation” is a French headword at frequency #47,968, used as a noun.

#47,968
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’institutionnaliser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-institutionnalisation · institutionnalisation · French

institutionnalisation · rank #47,968 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,968
  • LEN-MEGA 21 letters
  • VOW-10 10 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intarissable

Nearest frequency peer: intarissable (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “institutionnalisation”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “institutionnalisation” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for institutionnalisation
PropertyValue
Headwordinstitutionnalisation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ.na.li.za.sjɔ̃\
Letters21
Frequency rank#47,968
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “institutionnalisation” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).institutionnalisationse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « intarissable » (#47,969), « insidieuse » (#47,966), « interpose » (#47,970). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & dictionary insight

The French entry for institutionnalisation is 21 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ.na.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #47,968 in overall French word frequency among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

institutionnalisation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 institutionnalisation, spelled I-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N-N-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’institutionnaliser.
  2. 2
    Prise en charge par le gouvernement de certaines personnes (malades mentaux, grands malades, etc.), incluant leur hébergement en milieu public.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « C’est l’exécutif qui crée le désordre et l’instabilité » rétorque-t-elle, en pointant la politique « ultralibérale et autoritaire » d’Emmanuel Macron, « compatible avec une institutionnalisation de l’extrême droite ».
  2. L’institutionnalisation des conflits, qui consiste à donner un cadre (le plus souvent légal), un ensemble de règles aux conflits, a pour objectif permettre aux forces sociales de se confronter, de négocier, et de passer des compromis. On peut ainsi espérer réguler des conflits, éviter la radicalisation.

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 "institutionnalisation"?
"institutionnalisation" is spelled I-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N-N-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ.na.li.za.sjɔ̃\.
What does "institutionnalisation" mean?
As a noun, "institutionnalisation" means: Action d’institutionnaliser.
How do you pronounce "institutionnalisation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "institutionnalisation" is \ɛ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ.na.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 21 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

constitutionnellement#53,227socioprofessionnelles#64,789intergouvernementales#67,610anticonstitutionnelle#78,126

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list