abdication

\ab.di.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\ab.di.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“abdication” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,596. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,596
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de renoncer à une charge importante.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abdication · abdication · French

abdication · rank #26,596 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #26,596
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abordant

Nearest frequency peer: abordant (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « abdication »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « abdication » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

abdication vs addiction
80% similar

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

Key facts for abdication
PropertyValue
Headwordabdication
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ab.di.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#26,596
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « abdication »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).abdicationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « abordant » (#26,597), « accrochent » (#26,598), « évitement » (#26,593). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abdication » est au #26,596. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around abdication (IPA \ab.di.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,596 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for abdication, with forms such as "abbdication", "abdciation", and "abddication". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "addiction", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is abdication, spelled A-B-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de renoncer à une charge importante.
  2. 2
    Renoncement à ses valeurs, à sa personnalité, à son amour-propre.
  3. 3
    Acte par lequel un père privait son fils des droits que celui-ci avait, à ce titre, dans sa succession.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Après l'abdication expresse ou légale, le roi sera dans la classe des citoyens, et pourra être accusé et jugé comme eux pour les actes postérieurs à son abdication.
  2. C’est là, se dit-il, en s’asseyant sur une des roches d’où se découvre le beau paysage de Bouron, l’endroit fatal où Napoléon espéra faire un effort gigantesque, l’avant-veille de son abdication.

Synonyms

abandoncapitulationdémissiondésistementlâchetérenoncementveulerie

This word in other languages

abdication(English)abdicación(Español)Abdikation(Deutsch)abdicação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbdication
  • abdciation
  • abddication
  • abdiaction
  • abdicaiton
  • abdicatino
  • abdicationn
  • abdicatoin
  • abdicattion
  • abdiccation
  • abdictaion
  • abidcation
  • adbication
  • badication

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abdication - 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.

abbdication1abdciation2abddication1abdiaction2abdicaiton2abdicatino2abdicationn1abdicatoin2
Edit distance from "abdication"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abdication"?
"abdication" is spelled A-B-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ab.di.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "abdication" mean?
As a noun, "abdication" means: Action de renoncer à une charge importante.
What words are commonly confused with "abdication"?
"abdication" is commonly confused with "addiction". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abdication"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abdication" is \ab.di.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abdication" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

accrochent#26,598agressives#26,607Appalaches#26,619arménienne#26,623

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

évitement14 variantstravaillés14 variantssnowboard14 variantscertifiés14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list