urbanisation

\yʁ.ba.ni.za.sjɔ̃\

/\yʁ.ba.ni.za.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“urbanisation” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,299. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,299
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’urbaniser, c’est-à-dire de favoriser la croissance ou la naissance des villes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-urbanisation · urbanisation · French

urbanisation · rank #17,299 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,299
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH urban

Nearest frequency peer: urban (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « urbanisation »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « urbanisation » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for urbanisation
PropertyValue
Headwordurbanisation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\yʁ.ba.ni.za.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#17,299
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « urbanisation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.urbanisationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « urban » (#17,298), « utilisable » (#17,300), « universal » (#17,297). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « urbanisation » est au #17,299. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around urbanisation (IPA \yʁ.ba.ni.za.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,299 among 456 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for urbanisation, with forms such as "rubanisation", "ubranisation", and "urabnisation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is urbanisation, spelled U-R-B-A-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’urbaniser, c’est-à-dire de favoriser la croissance ou la naissance des villes.
  2. 2
    Concentration croissante de la population dans des agglomérations urbaines.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how urbanisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. « Le principal facteur amplificateur des pertes de vies humaines, de dégâts et de dommages économiques est l' urbanisation des espaces fluviaux », signale José Maria Bodoque, chercheur en modélisation hydrologique et évaluation des risques à l'université de Castille-La Manche.
  2. Pour le monde développé , le XIXᵉ siècle est le siècle par excellence de l’urbanisation. Pour l'Europe (sans la Russie), le nombre de citadins (critère des 2 mille habitants) passe de 31 millions en 1800 à 170 millions en 1910. Malgré une croissance démographique elle aussi très rapide, le taux d’urbanisation passe de 12,0 % à 36,1 %. Hors d'Europe , la p…

Synonyms

artificialisation

Antonyms

ruralisationdésurbanisation

This word in other languages

urbanization(English)urbanización(Español)Urbanisation(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rubanisation
  • ubranisation
  • urabnisation
  • urbainsation
  • urbaniastion
  • urbanisaiton
  • urbanisatino
  • urbanisationn
  • urbanisatoin
  • urbanisattion
  • urbanissation
  • urbanistaion
  • urbannisation
  • urbansiation
  • urbbanisation
  • urbnaisation
  • urrbanisation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of urbanisation - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

rubanisation2ubranisation2urabnisation2urbainsation2urbaniastion2urbanisaiton2urbanisatino2urbanisationn1
Edit distance from "urbanisation"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "urbanisation"?
"urbanisation" is spelled U-R-B-A-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \yʁ.ba.ni.za.sjɔ̃\.
What does "urbanisation" mean?
As a noun, "urbanisation" means: Action d’urbaniser, c’est-à-dire de favoriser la croissance ou la naissance des villes.
What are common misspellings of "urbanisation"?
Common misspellings include "rubanisation", "ubranisation", "urabnisation", "urbainsation", "urbaniastion". The correct spelling is "urbanisation".
How do you pronounce "urbanisation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "urbanisation" is \yʁ.ba.ni.za.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "urbanisation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list