worldbuilding
\ˈwɝldˈbɪl.dɪŋ\
The verdict
“worldbuilding” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Création et description d'un univers fictif qui sert de cadre à une fiction, notamment en science-fiction et en fantasy. Une traduction possible est "cosmopoésie".
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | worldbuilding |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈwɝldˈbɪl.dɪŋ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “worldbuilding” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
worldbuilding is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈwɝldˈbɪl.dɪŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for worldbuilding, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 worldbuilding, spelled W-O-R-L-D-B-U-I-L-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Création et description d'un univers fictif qui sert de cadre à une fiction, notamment en science-fiction et en fantasy. Une traduction possible est "cosmopoésie".
- 2Tous les détails spécifiques à l'univers d'une œuvre de fiction telle qu'un roman historique que l'auteur a dû inventer au lieu de les tirer d'une réalité vérifiable.
- 3Recherche scientifique sur la création de la Terre et ses caractéristiques géologiques.
- 4Le monde d'imagination des écrivains, poètes, etc.
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.
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Using “worldbuilding”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is W-O-R-L-D-B-U-I-L-D-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈwɝldˈbɪl.dɪŋ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.