aspiration

\as.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\as.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“aspiration” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,202. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,202
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’attirer l’air extérieur dans ses poumons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aspiration · aspiration · French

aspiration · rank #14,202 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,202
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ascendant

Nearest frequency peer: ascendant (-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 « aspiration »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aspiration » 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).

aspiration vs aspirations
91% similar
aspiration vs admiration
80% similar

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

Key facts for aspiration
PropertyValue
Headwordaspiration
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\as.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#14,202
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aspiration »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).aspirationse 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 « ascendant » (#14,201), « attributs » (#14,203), « arriveront » (#14,200). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aspiration » est au #14,202. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around aspiration (IPA \as.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,202 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for aspiration, with forms such as "apsiration", "asipration", and "aspiartion". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "aspirations", "admiration", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is aspiration, spelled A-S-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’attirer l’air extérieur dans ses poumons.
  2. 2
    Action par laquelle une pompe élève l’eau en faisant le vide.
  3. 3
    Manière de prononcer en aspirant.
  4. 4
    Action de porter ses désirs vers un objectif élevé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il procédait à de profondes aspirations puis rejetait l'air en produisant une espèce de sifflement particulier […]. Ce sifflement est, je crois, particulier aux plongeurs tuamotus […].
  2. Cette pompe agit par aspiration. Tuyau d’aspiration.

Synonyms

inspiration

Antonyms

expiration

This word in other languages

aspiration(English)aspiración(Español)Aspiration(Deutsch)aspiração(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apsiration
  • asipration
  • aspiartion
  • aspiraiton
  • aspiratino
  • aspirationn
  • aspiratoin
  • aspirattion
  • aspirration
  • aspirtaion
  • asppiration
  • aspriation
  • asspiration
  • sapiration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apsiration2asipration2aspiartion2aspiraiton2aspiratino2aspirationn1aspiratoin2aspirattion1
Edit distance from "aspiration"

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 "aspiration"?
"aspiration" is spelled A-S-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \as.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "aspiration" mean?
As a noun, "aspiration" means: Action d’attirer l’air extérieur dans ses poumons.
What words are commonly confused with "aspiration"?
"aspiration" is commonly confused with "aspirations", "admiration". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aspiration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aspiration" is \as.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aspiration" come from?
"aspiration" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

arriveront#14,200analytique#14,195agresseurs#14,191concentrée#14,226

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

ascendant14 variantscheminots14 variantschocolats14 variantsenchaîner14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list