sacrifice humain

\sa.kʁi.fis y.mɛ̃\

/\sa.kʁi.fis y.mɛ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“sacrifice humain” 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 May 6, 2026) - Cérémonie où est immolé un être humain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sacrifice-humain · sacrifice humain · French

sacrifice humain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" 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.

Key facts for sacrifice humain
PropertyValue
Headwordsacrifice humain
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.kʁi.fis y.mɛ̃\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sacrifice humain” sits in French frequency

sacrifice humain falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sacrifice humain is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.kʁi.fis y.mɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cérémonie où est immolé un être humain.".

sacrifice humain 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 typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 sacrifice humain, spelled S-A-C-R-I-F-I-C-E- -H-U-M-A-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cérémonie où est immolé un être humain.

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sacrifice humain"?
"sacrifice humain" is spelled S-A-C-R-I-F-I-C-E- -H-U-M-A-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.kʁi.fis y.mɛ̃\.
What does "sacrifice humain" mean?
As a noun, "sacrifice humain" means: Cérémonie où est immolé un être humain.
How do you pronounce "sacrifice humain"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sacrifice humain" is \sa.kʁi.fis y.mɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sacrifice humain" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list