nationaliser

\na.sjɔ.na.li.ze\

/\na.sjɔ.na.li.ze\/ verb

The verdict

“nationaliser” is uncommon French (frequency #54,122 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,122
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre national.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nationaliser · nationaliser · French

nationaliser · rank #54,122 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,122
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Narbonnaise

Nearest frequency peer: Narbonnaise (-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 « nationaliser »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nationaliser
PropertyValue
Headwordnationaliser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\na.sjɔ.na.li.ze\
Letters12
Frequency rank#54,122
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « nationaliser » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).nationalisertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Narbonnaise » (#54,121), « nav » (#54,123), « naquirent » (#54,120). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nationaliser » est au #54,122. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nationaliser is uncommon French at frequency #54,122 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \na.sjɔ.na.li.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for nationaliser in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nationaliser, spelled N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre national.
  2. 2
    Opération financière consistant en l’acquisition par une entité publique de la majorité des actions d’une entreprise privée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’écrivain Fernando del Paso, lorsqu’il se réfère à la pastèque dans l’œuvre de Rufino Tamayo, confirme le choix du peintre et écrit que « bien qu’il ne s’agisse pas d’un fruit originaire du Mexique, nous nous sommes si ardemment efforcés de la nationaliser – parce qu’elle arbore les trois couleurs du drapeau mexicain et dans le bon ordre – que nous y som…
  2. Le « socialisme arabe» aura été l'expression de la montée des petites bourgeoisies capables de nationaliser tant bien que mal les hauteurs dominantes de l’économie (banque, commerce extérieur, industries), de procéder à une réforme agraire relative […].

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nationaliser"?
"nationaliser" is spelled N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \na.sjɔ.na.li.ze\.
What does "nationaliser" mean?
As a verb, "nationaliser" means: Rendre national.
How do you pronounce "nationaliser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nationaliser" is \na.sjɔ.na.li.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nationaliser" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list