reformulation
\ʁə.fɔʁ.my.la.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“reformulation” is uncommon French (frequency #55,556 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,556
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nouvelle formulation
Corpus desk
Index FR-reformulation · reformulation · French
reformulation · rank #55,556 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,556
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH refinancement
Nearest frequency peer: refinancement (-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 « reformulation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- recula
recula
44,448 corpus weight
- reef
reef
44,447 corpus weight
- refinanceme…
refinancement
44,446 corpus weight
- reformulati…
reformulation
44,445 corpus weight
- relayeur
relayeur
44,444 corpus weight
- remakes
remakes
44,443 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « reformulation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reformulation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.fɔʁ.my.la.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #55,556 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « reformulation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
reformulation is uncommon French at frequency #55,556 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.fɔʁ.my.la.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nouvelle formulation".
No generated misspelling entries exist for reformulation in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is reformulation, spelled R-E-F-O-R-M-U-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Nouvelle formulation
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reformulation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La reformulation est une pratique de communication qui consiste à formuler des pensées de façon plus claire.
La technique de la reformulation procède d’une construction syntaxique originale.
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).