ablation

\a.bla.sjɔ̃\

/\a.bla.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“ablation” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,240. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,240
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’amputer un être vivant d’une partie de son corps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ablation · ablation · French

ablation · rank #26,240 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,240
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abritent

Nearest frequency peer: abritent (+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 « ablation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ablation » 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).

ablation vs aviation
75% similar
ablation vs aération
75% similar
ablation vs abolition
78% similar

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

Key facts for ablation
PropertyValue
Headwordablation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.bla.sjɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,240
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ablation »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « abritent » (#26,241), « évaporation » (#26,238), « acompte » (#26,242). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « ablation » est au #26,240. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around ablation (IPA \a.bla.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,240 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ablation, with forms such as "abaltion", "abblation", and "ablaiton". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "aviation", "aération", "abolition", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ablation, spelled A-B-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’amputer un être vivant d’une partie de son corps.
  2. 2
    Action de retrancher du corps une partie morbide.
  3. 3
    Action d’un flux de matière ou de rayonnement sur la surface d’un corps, entraînant une perte de substance de celui-ci par décomposition chimique, changement d’état ou érosion mécanique.
  4. 4
    Action d’enlever, de retirer une chose de façon généralement brutale.
  5. 5
    Suppression soit totale, soit partielle, d’une partie quelconque d’un végétal.
  6. 6
    Action d’érosion d’une surface, matière ; ou le phénomène en lui-même.
  7. 7
    Perte de glace subie par un glacier soit par fusion, soit par sublimation.
  8. 8
    Retranchement d’une syllabe ou d’une lettre au commencement d’un mot. Il peut s’agir de l’action ou du résultat de celle-ci.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On constate, en outre, que la chauve-souris peut voler malgré l’ablation d’une notable étendue de la membrane de ses ailes, pourvu que la partie restante corresponde aux espaces interdigitaux.
  2. Le crapaud a la vie très dure. Il survit plusieurs heures à la décapitation, plusieurs jours à l’avulsion du cœur, quarante jours à l’ablation des poumons, plusieurs semaines à l’amputation du museau en arrière des yeux.

Synonyms

amputationaphérèseexérèseextirpationrescisionretranchement-tomieaffouillementérosionamputationcastrationexcisionmutilationrésection

This word in other languages

ablation(English)ablación(Español)Ablation(Deutsch)ablação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abaltion
  • abblation
  • ablaiton
  • ablatino
  • ablationn
  • ablatoin
  • ablattion
  • abllation
  • abltaion
  • albation
  • balation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abaltion2abblation1ablaiton2ablatino2ablationn1ablatoin2ablattion1abllation1
Edit distance from "ablation"

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 "ablation"?
"ablation" is spelled A-B-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bla.sjɔ̃\.
What does "ablation" mean?
As a noun, "ablation" means: Action d’amputer un être vivant d’une partie de son corps.
What words are commonly confused with "ablation"?
"ablation" is commonly confused with "aviation", "aération", "abolition". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ablation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ablation" is \a.bla.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ablation" come from?
"ablation" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abritent#26,241étouffée#26,237étagères#26,235épiderme#26,233

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

working11 variantsappendice11 variantsbergère11 variantsbreveté11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list