activation

\ak.ti.va.sjɔ̃\

/\ak.ti.va.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“activation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,286. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,286
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 rendre actif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-activation · activation · French

activation · rank #16,286 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,286
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abriter

Nearest frequency peer: abriter (-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 « activation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « activation » 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).

activation vs Activision
70% similar

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

Key facts for activation
PropertyValue
Headwordactivation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ak.ti.va.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#16,286
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « activation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).activationse 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 « abriter » (#16,285), « activistes » (#16,287), « évidentes » (#16,284). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « activation » est au #16,286. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around activation (IPA \ak.ti.va.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,286 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for activation, with forms such as "acctivation", "acitvation", and "actiavtion". 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, "Activision", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is activation, spelled A-C-T-I-V-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de rendre actif.
  2. 2
    Bombardement d’un matériau à l’aide de particules qui donne lieu à la production (par transmutation) d’atomes radioactifs.
  3. 3
    Résultat de ce bombardement.
  4. 4
    Transformation d’un composé en un produit plus réactif, généralement par une modification enzymatique, pouvant accroître sa toxicité ou sa biodisponibilité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si une molécule du réactif acquiert une énergie suffisante pour vaincre l'obstacle d'activation, il est possible qu'elle se coupe en deux.
  2. Markus Söder, le ministre-président de la Bavière, annonce l’activation du plan d’urgence dans les cliniques et les hôpitaux pour pouvoir accueillir les nombreux vaccinés ayant des problèmes cardiaques ou d’autres maladies comme le cancer.

Synonyms

mise en marchemise en routeradioactivation

This word in other languages

activation(English)activación(Español)Aktivierung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acctivation
  • acitvation
  • actiavtion
  • activaiton
  • activatino
  • activationn
  • activatoin
  • activattion
  • activtaion
  • activvation
  • acttivation
  • actviation
  • atcivation
  • cativation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acctivation1acitvation2actiavtion2activaiton2activatino2activationn1activatoin2activattion1
Edit distance from "activation"

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

Same letter count

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

activistes#16,287administré#16,288antérieurs#16,295astronaute#16,300

Similar misspelling depth

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

évidentes14 variantsécrasante14 variantsanalystes14 variantséclaircir14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list