recombinaison

\ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.ne.zɔ̃\

/\ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.ne.zɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“recombinaison” is uncommon French (frequency #72,671 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,671
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de recombiner, résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recombinaison · recombinaison · French

recombinaison · rank #72,671 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,671
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH recevions

Nearest frequency peer: recevions (-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 « recombinaison »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for recombinaison
PropertyValue
Headwordrecombinaison
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.ne.zɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#72,671
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « recombinaison » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).recombinaisontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « recevions » (#72,670), « ree » (#72,673), « refondue » (#72,674). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recombinaison » est au #72,671. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

recombinaison is uncommon French at frequency #72,671 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.ne.zɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

recombinaison doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is recombinaison, spelled R-E-C-O-M-B-I-N-A-I-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de recombiner, résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Moment, dans la théorie du Big Bang, où les électrons se sont combinés aux noyaux atomiques.
  3. 3
    Recombinaison génétique : combinaison de gènes dans une association différente de celle observée chez les cellules parentes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L'analyse par recombinaison permet de localiser les gènes sur un chromosome.

This word in other languages

recombination(English)

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 "recombinaison"?
"recombinaison" is spelled R-E-C-O-M-B-I-N-A-I-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.ne.zɔ̃\.
What does "recombinaison" mean?
As a noun, "recombinaison" means: Action de recombiner, résultat de cette action.
How do you pronounce "recombinaison"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recombinaison" is \ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.ne.zɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recombinaison" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list