rescision
\ʁe.si.zjɔ̃\
The verdict
“rescision” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Annulation d’un acte juridique entaché d’un vice radical.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rescision · rescision · French
rescision · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | rescision |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.si.zjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rescision » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rescision is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.si.zjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Annulation d’un acte juridique entaché d’un vice radical.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rescision, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rescision, spelled R-E-S-C-I-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Annulation d’un acte juridique entaché d’un vice radical.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rescision appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Beaumanoir dit encore que l'acte dommageable qu'a passé le mineur pourra être rescindé, […]. Cette rescision devra être demandée dans l'an et le jour de la majorité.
Dans tous les cas où l'action en nullité ou en rescision d'une convention n'est pas limitée à un moindre temps par une loi particulière, cette action dure cinq ans.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.