amélioration
\a.me.ljɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“amélioration” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,052 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,052
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de prendre quelque chose pour le transformer en le rendant meilleur
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amélioration |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.me.ljɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #3,052 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amélioration” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for amélioration is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.me.ljɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,052 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for amélioration, with forms such as "amelioration", "amléioration", and "ammélioration". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "améliorations", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is amélioration, spelled A-M-É-L-I-O-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de prendre quelque chose pour le transformer en le rendant meilleur
- 2Résultat de cette action.
- 3Investissement dans un fonds de terre ou dans une maison pour les mettre en état et pour en augmenter le revenu.
- 4Amélioration des plantes : technique qui consiste à rendre les variétés mieux adaptées aux besoins des utilisateurs.
- 5Augmentation de la qualité globale d’un peuplement par la coupe de tiges au profit d’essences de plus grande valeur, d’arbres à la bille de pied mieux conformée…
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amelioration,amléioration,ammélioration,améiloration,amélioartion,amélioraiton,amélioratino,améliorationn,amélioratoin,améliorattion,améliorration,améliortaion,améliroation,améllioration,améloiration,aémlioration,maélioration
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amélioration - 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.
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 “amélioration”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-M-É-L-I-O-R-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.me.ljɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “améliorations” - see the side-by-side comparison. amélioration vs améliorations
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.