alimentation

\a.li.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\a.li.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“alimentation” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,978. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,978
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’alimenter ou de s’alimenter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alimentation · alimentation · French

alimentation · rank #2,978 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,978
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH adultes

Nearest frequency peer: adultes (-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 « alimentation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « alimentation » 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).

alimentation vs augmentation
83% similar
alimentation vs aliénation
75% similar

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

Key facts for alimentation
PropertyValue
Headwordalimentation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.li.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#2,978
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « alimentation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.alimentationse 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 « adultes » (#2,977), « apparition » (#2,979), « achète » (#2,976). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alimentation » est au #2,978. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around alimentation (IPA \a.li.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,978 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for alimentation, with forms such as "ailmentation", "aliemntation", and "alimenattion". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "augmentation", "aliénation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is alimentation, spelled A-L-I-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’alimenter ou de s’alimenter.
  2. 2
    Magasin d'aliments.
  3. 3
    Domaine de tout ce qui se rapporte à l’apport de nourriture permettant à un organisme vivant de fonctionner.
  4. 4
    Système secondaire, qui assure l’apport d’éléments de base et d’énergie à un système principal qui dépend du premier pour son fonctionnement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’alimentation a pour but de faire pénétrer dans l’organisme animal les matériaux nécessaires à la nutrition.
  2. Naturellement, de tout l'hiver, le crapaud ne prend aucune nourriture. Une abondante alimentation estivale a entreposé dans son organisme quantité de matériaux nutritifs.

Synonyms

alim

This word in other languages

food(English)alimentación(Español)Ernährung(Deutsch)alimentação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ailmentation
  • aliemntation
  • alimenattion
  • alimenntation
  • alimentaiton
  • alimentatino
  • alimentationn
  • alimentatoin
  • alimentattion
  • alimenttaion
  • alimenttation
  • alimetnation
  • alimmentation
  • alimnetation
  • allimentation
  • almientation
  • laimentation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ailmentation2aliemntation2alimenattion2alimenntation1alimentaiton2alimentatino2alimentationn1alimentatoin2
Edit distance from "alimentation"

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 "alimentation"?
"alimentation" is spelled A-L-I-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.li.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "alimentation" mean?
As a noun, "alimentation" means: Action d’alimenter ou de s’alimenter.
What words are commonly confused with "alimentation"?
"alimentation" is commonly confused with "augmentation", "aliénation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alimentation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alimentation" is \a.li.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alimentation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

représentent#2,959architecture#2,908amélioration#3,052électronique#2,904

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

inscription17 variantsdisponibles17 variantsperspective17 variantsintégration17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list