polymérisation
\po.li.me.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“polymérisation” is uncommon French (frequency #64,700 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,700
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Processus de transformation d'un monomère, ou d'un mélange de monomères, en polymère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-polymerisation · polymérisation · French
polymérisation · rank #64,700 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,700
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH polygraphe
Nearest frequency peer: polygraphe (-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 « polymérisation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Politik
Politik
35,304 corpus weight
- poll
poll
35,303 corpus weight
- polygraphe
polygraphe
35,302 corpus weight
- polymérisat…
polymérisation
35,301 corpus weight
- porcins
porcins
35,300 corpus weight
- posay
posay
35,299 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « polymérisation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polymérisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \po.li.me.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #64,700 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « polymérisation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
polymérisation is uncommon French at frequency #64,700 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \po.li.me.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Processus de transformation d'un monomère, ou d'un mélange de monomères, en polymère.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for polymérisation, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is polymérisation, spelled P-O-L-Y-M-É-R-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Processus de transformation d'un monomère, ou d'un mélange de monomères, en polymère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how polymérisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A ce moment, intervient la sthénose, qui a pour fonction d’augmenter la polymérisation des groupes héxéniques.
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.
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