appreciation
\ə.ˈpɹiː.ʃi.ˌeɪ.ʃən\
The verdict
“appreciation” is an uncommon French word, ranked #95,546 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #95,546
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Appréciation, gratitude, reconnaissance.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | appreciation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ə.ˈpɹiː.ʃi.ˌeɪ.ʃən\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #95,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “appreciation” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for appreciation is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ə.ˈpɹiː.ʃi.ˌeɪ.ʃən\. Corpus data places it at rank #95,546 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Appréciation, gratitude, reconnaissance.".
appreciation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is appreciation, spelled A-P-P-R-E-C-I-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Appréciation, gratitude, reconnaissance.
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 “appreciation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-P-P-R-E-C-I-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.