fragmentation
/ˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪt͡ʃən/
"fragmentation" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fragmentation” has 21 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,521. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,521
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fragmentation · fragmentation · English
fragmentation · rank #21,521 · 21 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,521
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH formulate
Nearest frequency peer: formulate (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “fragmentation”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- filmmaking
filmmaking
78,484 corpus weight
- firmware
firmware
78,483 corpus weight
- formulate
formulate
78,482 corpus weight
- fragmentati…
fragmentation
78,480 corpus weight
- FTC
FTC
78,477 corpus weight
- gated
gated
78,476 corpus weight
What this shows “fragmentation” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fragmentation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪt͡ʃən/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #21,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “fragmentation”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around fragmentation (IPA /ˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪt͡ʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,521 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for fragmentation, with forms such as "fargmentation", "ffragmentation", and "fragemntation". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fragment + -ation. The correct English form is fragmentation, spelled F-R-A-G-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
- 2The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.
- 3The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
- 4The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.
- 5A form of asexual reproduction or cloning where an organism splits into one or more pieces. Those pieces then become new individuals.
- 6the process of splitting into several pieces or fragments, which is useful for a cell during both DNA cloning and apoptosis.
- 7the dissociation of energetically unstable molecular ions formed from passing the molecules mass spectrum.
- 8the an operation that breaks of solid matter in a body part into pieces, such as kidney stones
- 9the organization of production into different stages, which are divided among different suppliers often are located in different countries.
- 10the use of fragments or the "division of a musical idea into segments".
- 11the absence or underdevelopment of connections between a society and the grouping of certain of its members.
Etymology
From fragment + -ation.
Synonyms
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This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fargmentation
- ffragmentation
- fragemntation
- fraggmentation
- fragmenattion
- fragmenntation
- fragmentaiton
- fragmentasion
- fragmentatino
- fragmentationn
- fragmentatoin
- fragmentattion
- fragmenttaion
- fragmenttation
- fragmetnation
- fragmmentation
- fragmnetation
- framgentation
- frgamentation
- frragmentation
- rfagmentation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fragmentation - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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