sénilité

\se.ni.li.te\

/\se.ni.li.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“sénilité” is uncommon French (frequency #67,909 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,909
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Affaiblissement du corps et de l’esprit produit par la vieillesse.

Key facts for sénilité
PropertyValue
Headwordsénilité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\se.ni.li.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#67,909
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sénilité” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sénilité lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sénilité is uncommon French at frequency #67,909 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \se.ni.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Affaiblissement du corps et de l’esprit produit par la vieillesse.".

No misspelling variants are generated for sénilité in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sénilité, spelled S-É-N-I-L-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Affaiblissement du corps et de l’esprit produit par la vieillesse.

This word in other languages

senility(English)senilidad(Español)

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 "sénilité"?
"sénilité" is spelled S-É-N-I-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \se.ni.li.te\.
What does "sénilité" mean?
As a noun, "sénilité" means: Affaiblissement du corps et de l’esprit produit par la vieillesse.
How do you pronounce "sénilité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sénilité" is \se.ni.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sénilité" come from?
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Using “sénilité”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-É-N-I-L-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \se.ni.li.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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