violation

Name: violation, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/

//ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“violation” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,647. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,647
frequency rank, English: 969
“V” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.

Corpus desk

Index EN-violation · violation · English

violation · rank #5,647 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #5,647
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-MID 969
PHOTO-FINISH vertical

Nearest frequency peer: vertical (-1 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.

urgent

94,357
vegetables

94,356
vertical

94,355
violation

94,354
wallet

94,353
Welsh

94,352

What this shows Bars show where “violation” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

violation vs vocation

78% similar

violation vs volition

78% similar

violation vs violations

90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for violation
Property	Value
Headword	violation
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#5,647
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “violation” sits in English frequency

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).violationlands here:

#5,647

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “vertical” (#5,646), “wallet” (#5,648), “vegetables” (#5,645). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around violation (IPA /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,647 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for violation, with forms such as "ivolation", "viloation", and "vioaltion". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "vocation", "volition", "violations", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French violation, from Latin violātiō (“injury, profanation”), from violō (“I treat with violence; I maltreat; I violate, defile, profane”). Morphologically violate + -ion. The correct English form is violation, spelled V-I-O-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

1
The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
2
The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
3
The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how violation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

In this situation, the agent’s lack of knowledge is diagnosed as a violation of the modalized tracking condition, which is relativized to the content-specific method of belief formation employed.
William Davis Jr. admitted he had been drinking and driving, but he said he shouldn’t have been caught. Even though police had issued a BOLO or “be on the lookout” for his car and an officer testified Davis made several traffic violations, he said there wasn’t enough probable cause for the initial traffic stop that turned into a DUI. […] Davis said he sho…

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French violation, from Latin violātiō (“injury, profanation”), from violō (“I treat with violence; I maltreat; I violate, defile, profane”). Morphologically violate + -ion.

Synonyms

transgression desecration

Antonyms

compliance obedience

This word in other languages

violación(Español)infraction(Français)Verletzung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ivolation
viloation
vioaltion
violaiton
violasion
violatino
violationn
violatoin
violattion
viollation
violtaion
voilation
vviolation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of violation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "violation"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "violation"?

"violation" is spelled V-I-O-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/.

What does "violation" mean?

As a noun, "violation" means: The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.

What words are commonly confused with "violation"?

"violation" is commonly confused with "vocation", "volition", "violations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "violation"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "violation" is /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "violation"?

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "violation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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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.