labialisation
\la.bja.li.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“labialisation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de labialiser, utilisation des lèvres comme dispositif secondaire d’articulation, pendant que le reste de la bouche produit un autre phonème.
Corpus desk
Index FR-labialisation · labialisation · French
labialisation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | labialisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \la.bja.li.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « labialisation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
labialisation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \la.bja.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de labialiser, utilisation des lèvres comme dispositif secondaire d’articulation, pendant que le reste de la bouche produit un autre phonème.".
labialisation has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is labialisation, spelled L-A-B-I-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de labialiser, utilisation des lèvres comme dispositif secondaire d’articulation, pendant que le reste de la bouche produit un autre phonème.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how labialisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bien que la labialisation ne soit en aucune façon universelle parmi les langues du monde, elle est cependant extrêmement répandue.
En effet, le traducteur peut être influencé par la labialisation du correspondant direct en français d’un signe en particulier.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.