articulation

\aʁ.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃\

/\aʁ.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“articulation” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,856. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,856
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jonction entre deux os ou entre un os et une dent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-articulation · articulation · French

articulation · rank #14,856 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #14,856
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH associant

Nearest frequency peer: associant (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « articulation »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « articulation » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

articulation vs articulations
92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for articulation
PropertyValue
Headwordarticulation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aʁ.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#14,856
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « articulation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.articulationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « associant » (#14,857), « aquarium » (#14,854), « autrichiens » (#14,858). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « articulation » est au #14,856. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around articulation (IPA \aʁ.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,856 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for articulation, with forms such as "aritculation", "arrticulation", and "artciulation". 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, "articulations", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is articulation, spelled A-R-T-I-C-U-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jonction entre deux os ou entre un os et une dent.
  2. 2
    Jointure.
  3. 3
    Action de prononcer distinctement les différents sons d’une langue.
  4. 4
    Spécialement énonciation article par article.
  5. 5
    Consonne.
  6. 6
    Point d’intersection de deux surfaces distinctes.
  7. 7
    Action de concert ou de conserve ; relation entre des actions ou des agents.
  8. 8
    Manière d’enchaîner les notes entre elles, soit en les liant, soit en les détachant ; soit en les jouant de la même manière, soit en en accentuant certaines.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how articulation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’enclouure sera grave, si le pus, après avoir long-temps séjourné dans le pied, a carié l'os, ou si, après avoir fusé dessous la chair de la couronne, il a gâté, ou le tendon extenseur, ou le cartilage latéral, ou l’articulation.
  2. Une énergie impitoyable reposait dans ses yeux glauques, plus froids que des yeux de verre. Il avait les pommettes saillantes, et des mains à articulations noueuses.

Synonyms

charnièrepivot

Antonyms

inarticulation

This word in other languages

joint(English)articulación(Español)Gelenk(Deutsch)articulação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aritculation
  • arrticulation
  • artciulation
  • articculation
  • articluation
  • articualtion
  • articulaiton
  • articulatino
  • articulationn
  • articulatoin
  • articulattion
  • articullation
  • articultaion
  • artiuclation
  • artticulation
  • atriculation
  • raticulation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of articulation - 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.

aritculation2arrticulation1artciulation2articculation1articluation2articualtion2articulaiton2articulatino2
Edit distance from "articulation"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "articulation"?
"articulation" is spelled A-R-T-I-C-U-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "articulation" mean?
As a noun, "articulation" means: Jonction entre deux os ou entre un os et une dent.
What words are commonly confused with "articulation"?
"articulation" is commonly confused with "articulations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "articulation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "articulation" is \aʁ.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "articulation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "articulation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list