mortification

\mɔʁ.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\mɔʁ.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“mortification” is uncommon French (frequency #85,038 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,038
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d’un tissu ou d’un organe qui se décompose et devient comme mort.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mortification · mortification · French

mortification · rank #85,038 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,038
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mortifères

Nearest frequency peer: mortifères (+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 « mortification »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mortification
PropertyValue
Headwordmortification
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔʁ.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#85,038
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mortification » en français

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « mortifères » (#85,039), « mousseau » (#85,040), « muent » (#85,042). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mortification » est au #85,038. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mortification is uncommon French at frequency #85,038 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔʁ.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mortification, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 mortification, spelled M-O-R-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    État d’un tissu ou d’un organe qui se décompose et devient comme mort.
  2. 2
    Action de garder certaines viandes pour qu’elles deviennent tendres et gagnent du fumet.
  3. 3
    Action par laquelle on mortifie son corps ou ses passions.
  4. 4
    Pratique d'ascèse religieuse consistant à s'imposer une souffrance, en général physique, dans le but de progresser spirituellement.
  5. 5
    Accidents fâcheux qui arrivent dans la vie.
  6. 6
    Chagrin, humiliation qu’on fait éprouver à une personne par quelque réprimande ou par quelque procédé dur et fâcheux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La mortification du tissu cellulaire dans le premier cas, l'absence de cette mortification dans le second, établissent seules la différence entre ces deux affections.
  2. Sont considérées également comme blessures de guerre les gelures avec mortification tissulaire si elles ont été contractées dans une unité combattante, […].

Antonyms

immortification

This word in other languages

mortification(English)mortificación(Español)mortificação(Português)

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 "mortification"?
"mortification" is spelled M-O-R-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔʁ.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "mortification" mean?
As a noun, "mortification" means: État d’un tissu ou d’un organe qui se décompose et devient comme mort.
How do you pronounce "mortification"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mortification" is \mɔʁ.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mortification" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list