anticipation

/\ɑ̃.ti.si.pa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,313

in French word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

anticipation is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de se projeter dans l’avenir, de se représenter les résultats attendus d’une action cognitive ou de stratégies à mettre en œuvre pour y parvenir. Pronounced \ɑ̃.ti.si.pa.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with anticipations.

Key facts for anticipation
PropertyValue
Headwordanticipation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ti.si.pa.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#13,313
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for anticipation is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.ti.si.pa.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,313 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 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 anticipation, with forms such as "anitcipation", "annticipation", and "antciipation". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "anticipations", 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 anticipation, spelled A-N-T-I-C-I-P-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 de se projeter dans l’avenir, de se représenter les résultats attendus d’une action cognitive ou de stratégies à mettre en œuvre pour y parvenir.
  2. 2
    Action de dépenser un revenu avant qu’il soit échu.
  3. 3
    Avance de fonds sur une consignation de marchandises.
  4. 4
    Usurpation, empiétement sur le bien ou sur les droits d’autrui.
  5. 5
    Fait de réfuter d’avance les objections qui pourront être faites.
  6. 6
    Genre littéraire où les histoires se passent dans un futur proche ou hypothétique. (Syn. : science-fiction)
  7. 7
    Note étrangère à l’accord avec lequel elle est jouée, mais qui annonce l’accord suivant, dont elle est une note réelle.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: anitcipation,annticipation,antciipation,anticcipation,anticiaption,anticipaiton,anticipatino,anticipationn,anticipatoin,anticipattion,anticippation,anticiptaion,anticpiation,antiicpation,antticipation,atnicipation,naticipation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for anticipation

Misspelling Variants of "anticipation"

anitcipation12annticipation13antciipation12anticcipation13anticiaption12anticipaiton12anticipatino12anticipationn13
Misspelling Variants of "anticipation"

Frequency rank: #13,313 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anticipation"?
"anticipation" is spelled A-N-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ti.si.pa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "anticipation" mean?
As a noun, "anticipation" means: Action de se projeter dans l’avenir, de se représenter les résultats attendus d’une action cognitive ou de stratégies à mettre en œuvre pour y parvenir.
What words are commonly confused with "anticipation"?
"anticipation" is commonly confused with "anticipations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anticipation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anticipation" is \ɑ̃.ti.si.pa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anticipation" come from?
"anticipation" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.