scandalise
\skɑ̃.da.liz\
The verdict
“scandalise” is uncommon French (frequency #54,250 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,250
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de scandaliser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scandalise · scandalise · French
scandalise · rank #54,250 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,250
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH saupoudré
Nearest frequency peer: saupoudré (-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 « scandalise »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- satanisme
satanisme
45,754 corpus weight
- saucissons
saucissons
45,753 corpus weight
- saupoudré
saupoudré
45,752 corpus weight
- scandalise
scandalise
45,751 corpus weight
- Schrödinger
Schrödinger
45,750 corpus weight
- scrubs
scrubs
45,749 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « scandalise » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scandalise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \skɑ̃.da.liz\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « scandalise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
scandalise is uncommon French at frequency #54,250 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \skɑ̃.da.liz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
scandalise has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is scandalise, spelled S-C-A-N-D-A-L-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de scandaliser.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de scandaliser.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de scandaliser.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de scandaliser.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de scandaliser.
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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