liquéfaction
\li.ke.fak.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“liquéfaction” is uncommon French (frequency #56,722 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,722
- frequency rank, French
- 128,088
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Changement d’état d’une substance qui, par l’effet de la température ou de la pression, passe de l’état solide ou gazeux à l’état liquide.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liquéfaction |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.ke.fak.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #56,722 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “liquéfaction” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
liquéfaction is uncommon French at frequency #56,722 among 128,088 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.ke.fak.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Changement d’état d’une substance qui, par l’effet de la température ou de la pression, passe de l’état solide ou gazeux à l’état liquide.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for liquéfaction, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is liquéfaction, spelled L-I-Q-U-É-F-A-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Changement d’état d’une substance qui, par l’effet de la température ou de la pression, passe de l’état solide ou gazeux à l’état liquide.
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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Using “liquéfaction”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-I-Q-U-É-F-A-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \li.ke.fak.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.