application
\a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“application” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,133 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,133
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action d’appliquer.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | application |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #1,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “application” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for application is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for application, with forms such as "aplication", "aplpication", and "appilcation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "applications", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is application, spelled A-P-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’appliquer.
- 2Résultat de cette action.
- 3Ce qui est réalisé pratiquement ; ce qui devient réalité de notions théoriques.
- 4Programme informatique utilisant des fonctionnalités d’une certaine plate-forme comme un système d’exploitation et opérant sur celle-ci.
- 5Programme informatique utilisant des fonctionnalités d’une certaine plate-forme comme un système d’exploitation et opérant sur celle-ci.
- 6Extension d’un usage, de principes ou de procédés dans un autre domaine.
- 7Extension d’un usage, de principes ou de procédés dans un autre domaine.
- 8Emploi spécial que l’on fait ou que l’on doit faire d’une chose.
- 9Assiduité, action de s’appliquer de toute son attention à une chose, diligence.
- 10Relation 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.
- 11Préparation médicale destinée à être appliquée sur la peau.
- 12Transaction 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of application - 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.
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.
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Using “application”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-P-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “applications” - see the side-by-side comparison. application vs applications
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.