amélioration

\a.me.ljɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\a.me.ljɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“amélioration” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,052. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,052
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de prendre quelque chose pour le transformer en le rendant meilleur

Corpus desk

Index FR-amelioration · amélioration · French

amélioration · rank #3,052 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,052
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ange

Nearest frequency peer: ange (+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 « amélioration »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amélioration » 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).

amélioration vs améliorations
92% similar

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

Key facts for amélioration
PropertyValue
Headwordamélioration
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.me.ljɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#3,052
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amélioration »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).améliorationse 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 « ange » (#3,053), « voyons » (#3,050), « augmente » (#3,054). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amélioration » est au #3,052. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around amélioration (IPA \a.me.ljɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,052 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Action de prendre quelque chose pour le transformer en le rendant meilleur
  2. 2
    Résultat de cette action.
  3. 3
    Investissement dans un fonds de terre ou dans une maison pour les mettre en état et pour en augmenter le revenu.
  4. 4
    Amélioration des plantes : technique qui consiste à rendre les variétés mieux adaptées aux besoins des utilisateurs.
  5. 5
    Augmentation 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…

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le kaizen est un processus d'améliorations concrètes, simples et peu onéreuses réalisées dans un laps de temps très court.
  2. Il n’est pas de question zootechnique qui ait été plus débattue, plus controversée que celle de l’amélioration des races chevalines.

Synonyms

améliorissement

Antonyms

dégradation

This word in other languages

improvement(English)mejora(Español)Verbesserung(Deutsch)melhoria(Português)

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.

amelioration1amléioration2ammélioration1améiloration2amélioartion2amélioraiton2amélioratino2améliorationn1
Edit distance from "amélioration"

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 "amélioration"?
"amélioration" is spelled A-M-É-L-I-O-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.me.ljɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "amélioration" mean?
As a noun, "amélioration" means: Action de prendre quelque chose pour le transformer en le rendant meilleur
What words are commonly confused with "amélioration"?
"amélioration" is commonly confused with "améliorations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amélioration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amélioration" is \a.me.ljɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amélioration" come from?
"amélioration" 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 "amélioration", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

perspective17 variantsintégration17 variantsinscription17 variantsdisponibles17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list