sexualisation
\sɛk.sɥa.li.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“sexualisation” is uncommon French (frequency #58,263 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,263
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attribution ou développement des caractéristiques sexuelles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sexualisation · sexualisation · French
sexualisation · rank #58,263 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,263
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH scorer
Nearest frequency peer: scorer (-2 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 « sexualisation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Schrader
Schrader
41,742 corpus weight
- scoliose
scoliose
41,741 corpus weight
- scorer
scorer
41,740 corpus weight
- sexualisati…
sexualisation
41,738 corpus weight
- shiro
shiro
41,736 corpus weight
- shoe
shoe
41,735 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sexualisation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sexualisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛk.sɥa.li.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #58,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sexualisation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sexualisation is uncommon French at frequency #58,263 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛk.sɥa.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sexualisation, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 sexualisation, spelled S-E-X-U-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Attribution ou développement des caractéristiques sexuelles.
- 2Utilisation du sexe à des fins détournées de son objet initial.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sexualisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand on parle de la « sexualisation » du monde végétal, il faut s’entendre sur le sens du terme : il ne s’agit pas des phénomènes réels de la fertilisation des plantes, mais d’une classification morphologique « qualitative », qui est l’aboutissement et l’expression d’une expérience de sympathie mystique avec le monde. C’est l’idée de la Vie qui, projetée…
La défense par sexualisation de la pensée bascule cependant, face à la force de la désintrication pulsionnelle et la fragilité des possibilités de déplacement, dans le registre d’une suractivité auto-calmante.
Antonyms
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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