resurrection

\ˌɹɛz.ə.ˈɹɛk.ʃən\

/\ˌɹɛz.ə.ˈɹɛk.ʃən\/ noun

The verdict

“resurrection” is uncommon French (frequency #74,333 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,333
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Résurrection.

Corpus desk

Index FR-resurrection · resurrection · French

resurrection · rank #74,333 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,333
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH replaçant

Nearest frequency peer: replaçant (-2 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 « resurrection »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for resurrection
PropertyValue
Headwordresurrection
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˌɹɛz.ə.ˈɹɛk.ʃən\
Letters12
Frequency rank#74,333
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « resurrection » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).resurrectiontombe 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: « replaçant » (#74,331), « revendicatif » (#74,335), « reigns » (#74,330). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « resurrection » est au #74,333. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

resurrection is uncommon French at frequency #74,333 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˌɹɛz.ə.ˈɹɛk.ʃən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for resurrection, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is resurrection, spelled R-E-S-U-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Résurrection.
  2. 2
    Sursaut.

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 "resurrection"?
"resurrection" is spelled R-E-S-U-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ˌɹɛz.ə.ˈɹɛk.ʃən\.
What does "resurrection" mean?
As a noun, "resurrection" means: Résurrection.
How do you pronounce "resurrection"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "resurrection" is \ˌɹɛz.ə.ˈɹɛk.ʃən\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "resurrection" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list