vacillation
\va.si.ja.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“vacillation” 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) - Mouvement de ce qui vacille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vacillation · vacillation · French
vacillation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | vacillation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \va.si.ja.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vacillation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vacillation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \va.si.ja.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for vacillation in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 vacillation, spelled V-A-C-I-L-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Mouvement de ce qui vacille.
- 2Incertitude, irrésolution, variation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vacillation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La vacillation d’une barque.
La vacillation de la lumière.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.