appellation
The verdict
“appellation” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #8,331 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,331
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Action d’appeler.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | appellation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.pɛl.la.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #8,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “appellation” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for appellation is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.pɛl.la.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,331 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for appellation, with forms such as "apellation", "apepllation", and "appelaltion". 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, "appellations", 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 appellation, spelled A-P-P-E-L-L-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
- 1Action d’appeler.
- 2Façon de dénommer quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
- 3Action de nommer chaque lettre de l’alphabet.
- 4Appel d’un jugement.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apellation,apepllation,appelaltion,appelation,appellaiton,appellatino,appellationn,appellatoin,appellattion,appelltaion,applelation,papellation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of appellation — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "appellation"
Frequency rank: #8,331 in French
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Using “appellation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-P-P-E-L-L-A-T-I-O-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.pɛl.la.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “appellations” — see the side-by-side comparison. appellation vs appellations
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
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