attestation

\a.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\a.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“attestation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,123. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,123
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’attester, de rendre compte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-attestation · attestation · French

attestation · rank #18,123 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,123
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH attaches

Nearest frequency peer: attaches (-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 « attestation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « attestation » 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).

attestation vs attestations
92% similar
attestation vs arrestation
82% similar
attestation vs atténuation
73% similar

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

Key facts for attestation
PropertyValue
Headwordattestation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#18,123
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « attestation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.attestationse 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 « attaches » (#18,122), « autistes » (#18,124), « atrocités » (#18,121). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « attestation » est au #18,123. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around attestation (IPA \a.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,123 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for attestation, with forms such as "atestation", "atetstation", and "attesattion". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "attestations", "arrestation", "atténuation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is attestation, spelled A-T-T-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’attester, de rendre compte.
  2. 2
    Certificat, témoignage donné par écrit.
  3. 3
    Exemple d’emploi d’un mot dans un texte, une inscription épigraphique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est pourquoi je donne la présente attestation avec tous les sentiments de reconnaissance dont je suis capable, pour augmenter, si je puis, la confiance que l’on a en ma bienfaitrice, mais encore plus pour exciter le désir d’imiter ses vertus.
  2. Ainsi, mon cher ami, envoyez-moi sur-le-champ une attestation dont je ferai usage devant les juges, et qui servira à confondre la calomnie.

This word in other languages

attestation(English)atestación(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atestation
  • atetstation
  • attesattion
  • attesstation
  • attestaiton
  • attestatino
  • attestationn
  • attestatoin
  • attestattion
  • attesttaion
  • attesttation
  • attetsation
  • attsetation
  • tatestation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of attestation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

atestation1atetstation2attesattion2attesstation1attestaiton2attestatino2attestationn1attestatoin2
Edit distance from "attestation"

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 "attestation"?
"attestation" is spelled A-T-T-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "attestation" mean?
As a noun, "attestation" means: Action d’attester, de rendre compte.
What words are commonly confused with "attestation"?
"attestation" is commonly confused with "attestations", "arrestation", "atténuation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "attestation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attestation" is \a.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "attestation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

unification#18,093travaillais#18,090théologique#18,085ségrégation#18,081

Similar misspelling depth

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

atrocités14 variantschallenges14 variantsvingtième14 variantscongolaise14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list