articulation

/\aʁ.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,856

in French word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

articulation is aFrenchnoun. It means: Jonction entre deux os ou entre un os et une dent. Pronounced \aʁ.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with articulations.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for articulation is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \aʁ.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,856 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for articulation, with forms such as "aritculation", "arrticulation", and "artciulation". 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, "articulations", 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 articulation, spelled A-R-T-I-C-U-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

  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.

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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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for articulation

Misspelling Variants of "articulation"

aritculation12arrticulation13artciulation12articculation13articluation12articualtion12articulaiton12articulatino12
Misspelling Variants of "articulation"

Frequency rank: #14,856 in French

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?
"articulation" 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.