recapitalisation

\ʁə.ka.pi.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁə.ka.pi.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“recapitalisation” is uncommon French (frequency #81,483 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,483
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Augmentation du capital d'une société pour lui faire atteindre un niveau optimal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recapitalisation · recapitalisation · French

recapitalisation · rank #81,483 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,483
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH recommandera

Nearest frequency peer: recommandera (+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 « recapitalisation »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for recapitalisation
PropertyValue
Headwordrecapitalisation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.ka.pi.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\
Letters16
Frequency rank#81,483
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « recapitalisation » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).recapitalisationtombe 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: « recommandera » (#81,484), « rationalisé » (#81,481), « recouvrez » (#81,485). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recapitalisation » est au #81,483. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

recapitalisation is uncommon French at frequency #81,483 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.ka.pi.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Augmentation du capital d'une société pour lui faire atteindre un niveau optimal.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for recapitalisation, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is recapitalisation, spelled R-E-C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Augmentation du capital d'une société pour lui faire atteindre un niveau optimal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Julien Dray (PS), interrogé dimanche sur une convocation à l'Élysée du directeur du Monde à propos de la recapitalisation de ce journal, y a vu une "mainmise du pouvoir politique" sur les médias, qu'il juge "insupportable".

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 "recapitalisation"?
"recapitalisation" is spelled R-E-C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ka.pi.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\.
What does "recapitalisation" mean?
As a noun, "recapitalisation" means: Augmentation du capital d'une société pour lui faire atteindre un niveau optimal.
How do you pronounce "recapitalisation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recapitalisation" is \ʁə.ka.pi.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list