vocalisation

\vɔ.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃\

/\vɔ.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vocalisation
PropertyValue
Headwordvocalisation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɔ.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#96,493
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vocalisation » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.vocalisationtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « vitrerie » (#96,492), « vitiligo » (#96,491), « Volsques » (#96,495). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vocalisation » est au #96,493. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Action de vocaliser.
  2. 2
    Action de noter expressément les voyelles dans l’écriture d’une langue sémitique à l’aide de signe spéciaux ; le résultat de cette action.
  3. 3
    Bruits sortant des organes oraux d’un animal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vocalisation"?
"vocalisation" is spelled V-O-C-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔ.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃\.
What does "vocalisation" mean?
As a noun, "vocalisation" means: Action de vocaliser.
How do you pronounce "vocalisation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vocalisation" is \vɔ.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vocalisation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vocalisation", 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