mystification
\mis.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“mystification” is uncommon French (frequency #58,775 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,775
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de mystifier, de berner, de duper.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mystification · mystification · French
mystification · rank #58,775 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,775
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH médicalisé
Nearest frequency peer: médicalisé (+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 « mystification »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mulot
mulot
41,229 corpus weight
- multirécidi…
multirécidiviste
41,228 corpus weight
- mystificati…
mystification
41,226 corpus weight
- médicalisé
médicalisé
41,225 corpus weight
- mégalo
mégalo
41,224 corpus weight
- Mélusine
Mélusine
41,223 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mystification » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mystification |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mis.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #58,775 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mystification » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mystification is uncommon French at frequency #58,775 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mis.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de mystifier, de berner, de duper.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mystification, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mystification, spelled M-Y-S-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de mystifier, de berner, de duper.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mystification appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La mystification est la ressource des petits esprits. Depuis quelque temps, je ne réponds plus aux masques...
Le sophisme que je combats dans cet écrit est d’autant plus dangereux, appliqué aux travaux publics, qu’il sert à justifier les entreprises et les prodigalités les plus folles. Quand un chemin de fer ou un pont ont une utilité réelle, il suffit d’invoquer cette utilité. Mais si on ne le peut, que fait-on ? On a recours à cette mystification : « Il faut pr…
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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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