scrutation
French, noun\skʁy.ta.sjɔ̃\
scrutation is spelled S-C-R-U-T-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scrutation is a French feminine noun meaning “polling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Examen répété de l'état d'un ou plusieurs éléments d'un système pour y détecter un changement éventuel”.
What does scrutation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepolling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Examen répété de l'état d'un ou plusieurs éléments d'un système pour y détecter un changement éventuel.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of scrutation
- scrutations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scrutation?
- \skʁy.ta.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is scrutation in French?
scrutation appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).