strangulation
\stʁɑ̃.ɡy.la.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“strangulation” is uncommon French (frequency #53,007 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,007
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’étrangler, étranglement. Cela peut être une méthode d'exécution.
Corpus desk
Index FR-strangulation · strangulation · French
strangulation · rank #53,007 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,007
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH stradivarius
Nearest frequency peer: stradivarius (-1 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 « strangulation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- stitch
stitch
46,997 corpus weight
- stoppez
stoppez
46,996 corpus weight
- stradivarius
stradivarius
46,995 corpus weight
- strangulati…
strangulation
46,994 corpus weight
- Stravinsky
Stravinsky
46,993 corpus weight
- suaire
suaire
46,992 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « strangulation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strangulation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \stʁɑ̃.ɡy.la.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #53,007 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « strangulation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
strangulation is uncommon French at frequency #53,007 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \stʁɑ̃.ɡy.la.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for strangulation in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is strangulation, spelled S-T-R-A-N-G-U-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’étrangler, étranglement. Cela peut être une méthode d'exécution.
- 2Restriction
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how strangulation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le maire avait fait pendre les émeutiers. Cette exécution calma les plus mauvaises têtes, qui se décidèrent alors à se laisser mourir de faim, cette mort leur paraissait toujours plus lente et moins sûre que le trépas par strangulation.
Et puis, il a desserré peu à peu le crin, dégagé le cou. Il s'est assuré que la bête est indemne, la strangulation inefficace encore.
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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