sensibiliser

/\sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze\/ verb

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,663

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

sensibiliser is aFrenchverb. It means: Rendre sensible. Il s’emploie spécialement en termes de photographie. Pronounced \sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze\. Often confused with sensibilité and sensibilités.

Key facts for sensibiliser
PropertyValue
Headwordsensibiliser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze\
Letters12
Frequency rank#11,663
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sensibiliser in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for sensibiliser is 12 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,663 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for sensibiliser, with forms such as "esnsibiliser", "senisbiliser", and "sennsibiliser". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "sensibilité", "sensibilités", "sensibilisés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is sensibiliser, spelled S-E-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-S-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre sensible. Il s’emploie spécialement en termes de photographie.
  2. 2
    Rendre quelqu'un ou un groupe, sensible à une chose pour laquelle il ne manifestait pas d'intérêt.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esnsibiliser,senisbiliser,sennsibiliser,sensbiiliser,sensibbiliser,sensibiilser,sensibiliesr,sensibiliserr,sensibilisre,sensibilisser,sensibilliser,sensibilsier,sensibliiser,sensiibliser,senssibiliser,sesnibiliser,snesibiliser,ssensibiliser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sensibiliser

Misspelling Variants of "sensibiliser"

esnsibiliser12senisbiliser12sennsibiliser13sensbiiliser12sensibbiliser13sensibiilser12sensibiliesr12sensibiliserr13
Misspelling Variants of "sensibiliser"

Frequency rank: #11,663 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sensibiliser"?
"sensibiliser" is spelled S-E-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze\.
What does "sensibiliser" mean?
As a verb, "sensibiliser" means: Rendre sensible. Il s’emploie spécialement en termes de photographie.
What words are commonly confused with "sensibiliser"?
"sensibiliser" is commonly confused with "sensibilité", "sensibilités", "sensibilisés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sensibiliser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sensibiliser" is \sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sensibiliser" come from?
"sensibiliser" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.