propitiation
\pʁɔ.pi.sja.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“propitiation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de rendre propice.
Corpus desk
Index FR-propitiation · propitiation · French
propitiation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | propitiation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.pi.sja.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « propitiation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
propitiation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɔ.pi.sja.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
propitiation has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 propitiation, spelled P-R-O-P-I-T-I-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de rendre propice.
- 2Action de rendre propice.
- 3Action de rendre propice.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how propitiation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le sacrifice de la messe est un sacrifice de propitiation.
Cet achat, fait sur le tard, est peut-être une forme de défi ou de propitiation.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.