vocalisation
\vɔ.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“vocalisation” is uncommon French (frequency #96,493 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,493
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de vocaliser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vocalisation · vocalisation · French
vocalisation · rank #96,493 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,493
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vitrerie
Nearest frequency peer: vitrerie (-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 « vocalisation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- viret
viret
3,512 corpus weight
- virons
virons
3,511 corpus weight
- vitiligo
vitiligo
3,510 corpus weight
- vitrerie
vitrerie
3,509 corpus weight
- vocalisation
vocalisation
3,508 corpus weight
- Volsques
Volsques
3,506 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vocalisation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vocalisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɔ.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #96,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vocalisation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vocalisation is uncommon French at frequency #96,493 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɔ.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
vocalisation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vocalisation, spelled V-O-C-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de vocaliser.
- 2Action de noter expressément les voyelles dans l’écriture d’une langue sémitique à l’aide de signe spéciaux ; le résultat de cette action.
- 3Bruits sortant des organes oraux d’un animal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vocalisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La vocalisation de la 1ʳᵉ syllabe dans ces formes est déterminée par le voisinage consonantique; la tendance à une vocalisation i ou u de cette syllabe qui apparaît dans le Maghrib oriental n’est pas ici sensible.
Mais pourquoi s’étonner qu’il y ait tant de différence entre la vocalisation égyptienne et la vocalisation hébraïque ?
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).