stagflation
\staɡ.fla.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“stagflation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d’une économie dont la croissance est très faible, accompagnée d’une inflation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stagflation · stagflation · French
stagflation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stagflation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \staɡ.fla.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « stagflation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
stagflation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \staɡ.fla.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État d’une économie dont la croissance est très faible, accompagnée d’une inflation.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for stagflation in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is stagflation, spelled S-T-A-G-F-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1État d’une économie dont la croissance est très faible, accompagnée d’une inflation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stagflation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À la crise sévère de nos finances publiques, s’ajoutent le retour de l’inflation et la chute brutale de la croissance qui nous placent en situation de récession. C’est la pire des situations : « la stagflation », que l’on croyait ne jamais revoir.
A l’issue de son comité de politique monétaire, la Reserve fédérale américaine (Fed, banque centrale) a mis en garde contre les risques de stagflation qui menacent l’économie américaine. Le mot, qui associe inflation et stagnation économique, comme dans les années 1970, n’a pas été prononcé, mais le message est limpide : « L’incertitude quant aux perspect…
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