vulgarisation
\vyl.ɡa.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“vulgarisation” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,038. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,038
- frequency rank, French
- 148,117
- “V” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de rendre accessible une connaissance, un savoir ou un savoir-faire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vulgarisation · vulgarisation · French
vulgarisation · rank #17,038 · 19 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,038
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 148,117
- PHOTO-FINISH virgin
Nearest frequency peer: virgin (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “vulgarisation”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vielle
vielle
82,966 corpus weight
- vikings
vikings
82,965 corpus weight
- virgin
virgin
82,964 corpus weight
- vulgarisati…
vulgarisation
82,963 corpus weight
- wiki
wiki
82,962 corpus weight
- wood
wood
82,961 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “vulgarisation” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vulgarisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vyl.ɡa.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #17,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vulgarisation” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around vulgarisation (IPA \vyl.ɡa.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,038 among 148,117 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de rendre accessible une connaissance, un savoir ou un savoir-faire.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for vulgarisation, with forms such as "uvlgarisation", "vlugarisation", and "vuglarisation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is vulgarisation, spelled V-U-L-G-A-R-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de rendre accessible une connaissance, un savoir ou un savoir-faire.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uvlgarisation
- vlugarisation
- vuglarisation
- vulagrisation
- vulgairsation
- vulgariastion
- vulgarisaiton
- vulgarisatino
- vulgarisationn
- vulgarisatoin
- vulgarisattion
- vulgarissation
- vulgaristaion
- vulgarrisation
- vulgarsiation
- vulggarisation
- vulgraisation
- vullgarisation
- vvulgarisation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vulgarisation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vulgarisation", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.