modulations

\mɔ.dy.la.sjɔ̃\

/\mɔ.dy.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“modulations” is uncommon French (frequency #60,210 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,210
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de modulation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-modulations · modulations · French

modulations · rank #60,210 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,210
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mohawks

Nearest frequency peer: Mohawks (+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 « modulations »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for modulations
PropertyValue
Headwordmodulations
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔ.dy.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#60,210
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « modulations » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.modulationstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Mohawks » (#60,211), « mioche » (#60,208), « moisis » (#60,212). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « modulations » est au #60,210. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

modulations is uncommon French at frequency #60,210 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.dy.la.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de modulation.".

No misspelling variants are generated for modulations in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is modulations, spelled M-O-D-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de modulation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Nous ferons la distinction entre les modulations conservant un anaphorique nominal et celles désanaphorisant la version de départ par le recours à des expressions temporelles.

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 "modulations"?
"modulations" is spelled M-O-D-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.dy.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "modulations" mean?
As a noun, "modulations" means: Pluriel de modulation.
How do you pronounce "modulations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "modulations" is \mɔ.dy.la.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "modulations" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "modulations", 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