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quotations

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "quotations", 10-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "quotations" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "quotations" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

quotations is aEnglishnoun. It means: plural of quotation Pronounced /kwoʊˈteɪʃənz/. Often confused with quotation.

Key facts for quotations
PropertyValue
Headwordquotations
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kwoʊˈteɪʃənz/
Letters10
Frequency rank#19,954
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of quotations in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for quotations is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kwoʊˈteɪʃənz/. Corpus data places it at rank #19,954 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of quotation".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for quotations, with forms such as "qoutations", "qquotations", and "quoattions". 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 also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "quotation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is quotations, spelled Q-U-O-T-A-T-I-O-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of quotation

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qoutations,qquotations,quoattions,quotaitons,quotatinos,quotationns,quotationss,quotatiosn,quotatoins,quotattions,quottaions,quottations,qutoations,uqotations

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quotations

Misspelling Variants of "quotations"

qoutations10qquotations11quoattions10quotaitons10quotatinos10quotationns11quotationss11quotatiosn10
Misspelling Variants of "quotations"

Frequency rank: #19,954 in English

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quotations"?
"quotations" is spelled Q-U-O-T-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is /kwoʊˈteɪʃənz/.
What does "quotations" mean?
As a noun, "quotations" means: plural of quotation
What words are commonly confused with "quotations"?
"quotations" is commonly confused with "quotation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quotations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quotations" is /kwoʊˈteɪʃənz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quotations" come from?
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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.