usucapion
\y.zy.ka.pjɔ̃\
The verdict
“usucapion” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manière d’acquérir par la possession ou par l’usage ; prescription acquisitive.
Corpus desk
Index FR-usucapion · usucapion · French
usucapion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | usucapion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \y.zy.ka.pjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
usucapion is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \y.zy.ka.pjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Manière d’acquérir par la possession ou par l’usage ; prescription acquisitive.".
usucapion doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is usucapion, spelled U-S-U-C-A-P-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Manière d’acquérir par la possession ou par l’usage ; prescription acquisitive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how usucapion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la coutume de Sedan, article 325, on acquiert par la possession annale avec bonne foi, l’usucapion des meubles vendus publiquement en foires ou marchés, lors même qu’on prétend qu’ils ont été volés.
Des indigènes protégés, soustraits de ce fait à la juridiction des caïds, s’étaient installés à demeure sur des parcelles prises dans les terres collectives de leur fraction et, n’ayant plus à redouter la rapacité de leurs chefs, bâtissaient une maison, plantaient des arbres fruitiers et cultivaient des surfaces de plus en plus étendues dont ils finissaie…
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.