adoration

\a.dɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\a.dɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“adoration” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,329. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,329
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-adoration · adoration · French

adoration · rank #17,329 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,329
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH adoptent

Nearest frequency peer: adoptent (-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 « adoration »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « adoration » 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).

adoration vs aération
78% similar
adoration vs adoption
78% similar
adoration vs admiration
80% similar

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

Key facts for adoration
PropertyValue
Headwordadoration
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.dɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,329
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « adoration »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.adorationse 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 « adoptent » (#17,328), « ADP » (#17,330), « adoptant » (#17,327). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « adoration » est au #17,329. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around adoration (IPA \a.dɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,329 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for adoration, with forms such as "addoration", "adoartion", and "adoraiton". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "aération", "adoption", "admiration", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 adoration, spelled A-D-O-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’adorer.
  2. 2
    Attitude de respect et d’amour envers Dieu.
  3. 3
    Acte de vénération du Christ réellement présent dans l’hostie consacrée au cours de la messe.
  4. 4
    Cérémonie qui se pratique à l’égard d’un pape nouvellement élu, lorsqu’il est mis sur l’autel après son élection et que les cardinaux vont lui rendre honneur.
  5. 5
    Amour, attachement extrême.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’adoration proprement dite n’est due qu’à Dieu seul. L’adoration perpétuelle du Saint Sacrement. L’adoration de la Croix est une des cérémonies de l’église dans la semaine sainte.
  2. « Il est très exact, disait Mme de la Trave ; il fait son adoration tous les soirs ; mais il manque d’onction, je ne le trouve pas ce qui s’appelle pieux. Et pour les œuvres, il laisse tout tomber. »

This word in other languages

worship(English)adoración(Español)Anbetung(Deutsch)adoração(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addoration
  • adoartion
  • adoraiton
  • adoratino
  • adorationn
  • adoratoin
  • adorattion
  • adorration
  • adortaion
  • adroation
  • aodration
  • daoration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

addoration1adoartion2adoraiton2adoratino2adorationn1adoratoin2adorattion1adorration1
Edit distance from "adoration"

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 "adoration"?
"adoration" is spelled A-D-O-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.dɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "adoration" mean?
As a noun, "adoration" means: Action d’adorer.
What words are commonly confused with "adoration"?
"adoration" is commonly confused with "aération", "adoption", "admiration". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adoration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adoration" is \a.dɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adoration" come from?
"adoration" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

accentuer#17,323appellera#17,340archaïque#17,341attentifs#17,343

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

adoptent12 variantsadoptant12 variantsanéantir12 variantsBabylone12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list