sanctification
\sɑ̃k.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“sanctification” is uncommon French (frequency #51,733 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,733
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de sanctifier ou résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sanctification · sanctification · French
sanctification · rank #51,733 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,733
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH saler
Nearest frequency peer: saler (-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 « sanctification »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- saisisse
saisisse
48,271 corpus weight
- saler
saler
48,269 corpus weight
- sanctificat…
sanctification
48,268 corpus weight
- saouls
saouls
48,267 corpus weight
- satoshi
satoshi
48,266 corpus weight
- sauteur
sauteur
48,265 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sanctification » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sanctification |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃k.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #51,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sanctification » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sanctification is uncommon French at frequency #51,733 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃k.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for sanctification in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 sanctification, spelled S-A-N-C-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de sanctifier ou résultat de cette action.
- 2La célébration des dimanches, des fêtes, suivant la loi et l’intention de l’église.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sanctification appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La sanctification des fidèles.
Travailler à la sanctification des âmes.
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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