masculinisation
\mas.ky.li.ni.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“masculinisation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de rendre masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-masculinisation · masculinisation · French
masculinisation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | masculinisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mas.ky.li.ni.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « masculinisation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
masculinisation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mas.ky.li.ni.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de rendre masculin.".
No misspelling variants are generated for masculinisation in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 masculinisation, spelled M-A-S-C-U-L-I-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de rendre masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how masculinisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ainsi, pour OpinionWay, le score de Macron doit-il plus aux hommes qu’aux femmes : 67 % des premiers ont voté pour lui, contre seulement 63 % des votantes. Selon BVA, toutefois, cette masculinisation de son électorat est imaginaire.
La langue française a subi plusieurs vagues de masculinisation, dont une importante au XVIIe siècle : des mots comme autrice, professeuse, philosophesse, mairesse… sont alors littéralement gommés des premières versions du dictionnaire de l’Académie française, et certaines règles grammaticales, pourtant très intuitives et courantes, comme l’accord de proxi…
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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.