putréfaction
\py.tʁe.fak.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“putréfaction” is uncommon French (frequency #52,930 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,930
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Décomposition que subissent, dans certaines conditions de chaleur et d’humidité, les corps organisés privés de vie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-putrefaction · putréfaction · French
putréfaction · rank #52,930 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,930
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 248,534
- PHOTO-FINISH puritain
Nearest frequency peer: puritain (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “putréfaction”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- psychology
psychology
47,074 corpus weight
- puritain
puritain
47,072 corpus weight
- putréfaction
putréfaction
47,071 corpus weight
- putschistes
putschistes
47,070 corpus weight
- péniches
péniches
47,069 corpus weight
- pétrochimie
pétrochimie
47,068 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “putréfaction” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | putréfaction |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \py.tʁe.fak.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #52,930 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “putréfaction” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
putréfaction is uncommon French at frequency #52,930 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \py.tʁe.fak.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
putréfaction has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is putréfaction, spelled P-U-T-R-É-F-A-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Décomposition que subissent, dans certaines conditions de chaleur et d’humidité, les corps organisés privés de vie.
- 2Décomposition d'une organisation.
Synonyms
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.