vaporisation

\va.pɔ.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\

/\va.pɔ.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“vaporisation” is uncommon French (frequency #57,007 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,007
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Changement d’état de liquide à gazeux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vaporisation · vaporisation · French

vaporisation · rank #57,007 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,007
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vaporiser

Nearest frequency peer: vaporiser (+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 « vaporisation »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vaporisation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vaporisation
PropertyValue
Headwordvaporisation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\va.pɔ.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#57,007
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vaporisation » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).vaporisationtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « vaporiser » (#57,008), « verbalisation » (#57,009), « vagins » (#57,004). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vaporisation » est au #57,007. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vaporisation is uncommon French at frequency #57,007 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \va.pɔ.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vaporisation, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vaporisation, spelled V-A-P-O-R-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Changement d’état de liquide à gazeux.
  2. 2
    Action de vaporiser : dispersion en fines gouttelettes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La vaporisation est l'une des six transformations fondamentales de la physique.
  2. N’oubliez pas la vaporisation des plantes pour éviter leur dessèchement !

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vaporisation"?
"vaporisation" is spelled V-A-P-O-R-I-S-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \va.pɔ.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\.
What does "vaporisation" mean?
As a noun, "vaporisation" means: Changement d’état de liquide à gazeux.
How do you pronounce "vaporisation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vaporisation" is \va.pɔ.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vaporisation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list