adéquation
\a.de.kwa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“adéquation” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #20,910 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,910
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualité de ce qui est adéquat.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adéquation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.de.kwa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #20,910 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adéquation” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for adéquation is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.de.kwa.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,910 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qualité de ce qui est adéquat.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for adéquation, with forms such as "addéquation", "adequation", and "adqéuation". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is adéquation, spelled A-D-É-Q-U-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Qualité de ce qui est adéquat.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: addéquation,adequation,adqéuation,adéqaution,adéqquation,adéquaiton,adéquatino,adéquationn,adéquatoin,adéquattion,adéqutaion,adéuqation,aédquation,daéquation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adéquation - 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.
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.
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Using “adéquation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-D-É-Q-U-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.de.kwa.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.