subduction
\syb.dyk.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“subduction” is an uncommon French word, ranked #84,340 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #84,340
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Processus d'enfoncement d'une plaque tectonique sous une autre plaque de densité plus faible, généralement une plaque océanique sous une plaque continentale ou océanique, ce qui repousse la seconde...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subduction |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \syb.dyk.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,340 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “subduction” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for subduction is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \syb.dyk.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #84,340 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Processus d'enfoncement d'une plaque tectonique sous une autre plaque de densité plus faible, généralement une plaque océanique sous une plaque continentale ou océanique, ce qui repousse la seconde...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for subduction, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 subduction, spelled S-U-B-D-U-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Processus d'enfoncement d'une plaque tectonique sous une autre plaque de densité plus faible, généralement une plaque océanique sous une plaque continentale ou océanique, ce qui repousse la seconde plaque vers le haut.
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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Using “subduction”
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- The one correct French spelling is S-U-B-D-U-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \syb.dyk.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.