捏ねつ造ぞう

also: でつぞう

ね

つ

ぞ

う

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

Deliberate creation of false information, documents, or stories; often used in news, legal, and political contexts.

は

証しょう

拠こ

を

捏ねつ

造ぞう

し

た

疑うたが

い

で

逮たい

捕ほ

さ

れ

た

。

He was arrested on suspicion of fabricating evidence.

捏造Usage77%
- ねつぞう
  Standard kanji spelling; the first character is not a Jōyō kanji, so ねつ造 is also common.
- でつぞう
  Rare voiced reading; learners should use ねつぞう.
ねつ造ぞうUsage22%
Common mixed spelling using hiragana for the non-Jōyō character.
ねつぞうUsage1%
でつぞう

偽ぎ造ぞう
偽造 focuses on counterfeiting physical objects (money, documents), while 捏造 is broader and often refers to fabricating stories or information.
でっち上あげ
でっち上げ is a more colloquial and emphatic word for a made-up story or false accusation.

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 捏 (to knead, fabricate) and 造 (to make, create). The reading ねつぞう is the standard Sino-Japanese reading.