application

/\a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,133

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

application is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action d’appliquer. Pronounced \a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #1,133 in French word frequency. Often confused with applications.

Key facts for application
PropertyValue
Headwordapplication
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#1,133
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for application is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,133 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for application, with forms such as "aplication", "aplpication", and "appilcation". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "applications", 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 application, spelled A-P-P-L-I-C-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’appliquer.
  2. 2
    Résultat de cette action.
  3. 3
    Ce qui est réalisé pratiquement ; ce qui devient réalité de notions théoriques.
  4. 4
    Programme informatique utilisant des fonctionnalités d’une certaine plate-forme comme un système d’exploitation et opérant sur celle-ci.
  5. 5
    Programme informatique utilisant des fonctionnalités d’une certaine plate-forme comme un système d’exploitation et opérant sur celle-ci.
  6. 6
    Extension d’un usage, de principes ou de procédés dans un autre domaine.
  7. 7
    Extension d’un usage, de principes ou de procédés dans un autre domaine.
  8. 8
    Emploi spécial que l’on fait ou que l’on doit faire d’une chose.
  9. 9
    Assiduité, action de s’appliquer de toute son attention à une chose, diligence.
  10. 10
    Relation entre deux ensembles E et F qui, à tout élément de E, fait correspondre un élément bien déterminé de F appelé image du premier. Dans ce cas, E s’appelle l’ensemble de départ ou de définition, et F l’ensemble de destination ou d’arrivée.
  11. 11
    Préparation médicale destinée à être appliquée sur la peau.
  12. 12
    Transaction boursière publique convenue entre deux opérateurs commençant généralement par la recherche du cours d’application auquel elle s’effectuera.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aplication,aplpication,appilcation,applciation,appliaction,applicaiton,applicatino,applicationn,applicatoin,applicattion,appliccation,applictaion,appllication,paplication

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for application

Misspelling Variants of "application"

aplication10aplpication11appilcation11applciation11appliaction11applicaiton11applicatino11applicationn12
Misspelling Variants of "application"

Frequency rank: #1,133 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "application"?
"application" is spelled A-P-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "application" mean?
As a noun, "application" means: Action d’appliquer.
What words are commonly confused with "application"?
"application" is commonly confused with "applications". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "application"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "application" is \a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "application" come from?
"application" 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.