conflagration
/ˌkɒnfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/
"conflagration" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“conflagration” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #48,671 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #48,671
- frequency rank, English
- 13
- letters
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conflagration |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkɒnfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #48,671 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “conflagration” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for conflagration is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌkɒnfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #48,671 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for conflagration, with forms such as "cconflagration", "cnoflagration", and "cofnlagration". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French, from Latin cōnflagrātiō (“burning, conflagration”). The correct English form is conflagration, spelled C-O-N-F-L-A-G-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
- 2A large-scale conflict.
- 3A situation of great passion or emotion.
Etymology
From Middle French, from Latin cōnflagrātiō (“burning, conflagration”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconflagration,cnoflagration,cofnlagration,confalgration,confflagration,conflagartion,conflaggration,conflagraiton,conflagrasion,conflagratino,conflagrationn,conflagratoin,conflagrattion,conflagrration,conflagrtaion,conflargation,conflgaration,confllagration,conlfagration,connflagration,ocnflagration
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conflagration - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “conflagration”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-F-L-A-G-R-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌkɒnfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.