accentuation

\ak.sɑ̃.tɥa.sjɔ̃\

/\ak.sɑ̃.tɥa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“accentuation” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,620. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,620
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’accentuer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accentuation · accentuation · French

accentuation · rank #39,620 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #39,620
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accentuent

Nearest frequency peer: accentuent (+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 « accentuation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « accentuation » 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).

accentuation vs acceptation
83% similar

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

Key facts for accentuation
PropertyValue
Headwordaccentuation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ak.sɑ̃.tɥa.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#39,620
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accentuation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.accentuationse 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 « accentuent » (#39,621), « abats » (#39,618), « acceptaient » (#39,622). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accentuation » est au #39,620. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around accentuation (IPA \ak.sɑ̃.tɥa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,620 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action d’accentuer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for accentuation, with forms such as "accenntuation", "accentaution", and "accenttuation". 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, "acceptation", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is accentuation, spelled A-C-C-E-N-T-U-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’accentuer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les règles de l’accentuation française.
  2. Les règles de l’accentuation grecque.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accenntuation
  • accentaution
  • accenttuation
  • accentuaiton
  • accentuatino
  • accentuationn
  • accentuatoin
  • accentuattion
  • accentutaion
  • accenutation
  • accetnuation
  • accnetuation
  • acecntuation
  • acentuation
  • cacentuation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accentuation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

accenntuation1accentaution2accenttuation1accentuaiton2accentuatino2accentuationn1accentuatoin2accentuattion1
Edit distance from "accentuation"

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 "accentuation"?
"accentuation" is spelled A-C-C-E-N-T-U-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ak.sɑ̃.tɥa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "accentuation" mean?
As a noun, "accentuation" means: Action d’accentuer.
What words are commonly confused with "accentuation"?
"accentuation" is commonly confused with "acceptation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "accentuation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accentuation" is \ak.sɑ̃.tɥa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accentuation" come from?
"accentuation" 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 "accentuation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list