remilitarisation
\ʁə.mi.li.ta.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“remilitarisation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de remilitariser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-remilitarisation · remilitarisation · French
remilitarisation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | remilitarisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.mi.li.ta.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « remilitarisation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
remilitarisation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.mi.li.ta.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
remilitarisation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is remilitarisation, spelled R-E-M-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de remilitariser.
- 2Action de redonner à une arme à feu théoriquement « neutralisée » sa capacité de tuer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how remilitarisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Depuis des mois on savait parfaitement à Paris que la dénonciation par Hitler des accords de Locarno et la remilitarisation de la Rhénanie pouvaient survenir d'un moment à l'autre.
« Cette démarche est, en France, parfaitement illégale, mais matériellement facile », soulignait dans un rapport du 20 janvier 2015 le Laboratoire de la police scientifique de Paris, qui a analysé l’arsenal de Coulibaly. Seulement voilà, la remilitarisation, même artisanale, d’une arme d’alarme est un jeu d’enfant pour un connaisseur (voir notre infograph…
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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.