popularisation
\pɔ.py.la.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“popularisation” is uncommon French (frequency #82,350 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,350
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fait de devenir populaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-popularisation · popularisation · French
popularisation · rank #82,350 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,350
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pondeuse
Nearest frequency peer: pondeuse (-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 « popularisation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- polémistes
polémistes
17,655 corpus weight
- pondeuse
pondeuse
17,652 corpus weight
- popularisat…
popularisation
17,651 corpus weight
- portos
portos
17,650 corpus weight
- potato
potato
17,649 corpus weight
- pouillé
pouillé
17,648 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « popularisation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | popularisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.py.la.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #82,350 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « popularisation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
popularisation is uncommon French at frequency #82,350 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.py.la.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fait de devenir populaire.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for popularisation in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 popularisation, spelled P-O-P-U-L-A-R-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Fait de devenir populaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how popularisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette popularisation du mot paysan ne lui enlève pas pour autant sa dimension profondément conservatrice.
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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