animation

/\a.ni.ma.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,378

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

animation is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action d’animer. Pronounced \a.ni.ma.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #3,378 in French word frequency. Often confused with aviation and animations.

Key facts for animation
PropertyValue
Headwordanimation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ni.ma.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,378
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of animation in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for animation is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ni.ma.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,378 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for animation, with forms such as "ainmation", "aniamtion", and "animaiton". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "aviation", "animations", "agitation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is animation, spelled A-N-I-M-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’animer.
  2. 2
    Vivacité que l’on met à faire une chose.
  3. 3
    Caractéristique de ce qui est animé.
  4. 4
    Activités pour distraire les gens présents.
  5. 5
    Technique avec laquelle on donne l'impression qu'un objet inanimé ou un dessin bouge.
  6. 6
    Film basé sur l'animation (sens 5).

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ainmation,aniamtion,animaiton,animatino,animationn,animatoin,animattion,animmation,animtaion,anmiation,annimation,naimation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for animation

Misspelling Variants of "animation"

ainmation9aniamtion9animaiton9animatino9animationn10animatoin9animattion10animmation10
Misspelling Variants of "animation"

Frequency rank: #3,378 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "animation"?
"animation" is spelled A-N-I-M-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ni.ma.sjɔ̃\.
What does "animation" mean?
As a noun, "animation" means: Action d’animer.
What words are commonly confused with "animation"?
"animation" is commonly confused with "aviation", "animations", "agitation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "animation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "animation" is \a.ni.ma.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "animation" come from?
"animation" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.