attestations

/\a.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,355

in French word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

attestations is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de attestation. Pronounced \a.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with attestation and arrestations.

Key facts for attestations
PropertyValue
Headwordattestations
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#31,355
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for attestations is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,355 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de attestation.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for attestations, with forms such as "atestations", "atetstations", and "attesattions". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "attestation", "arrestations", 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 attestations, spelled A-T-T-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de attestation.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atestations,atetstations,attesattions,attesstations,attestaitons,attestatinos,attestationns,attestationss,attestatiosn,attestatoins,attestattions,attesttaions,attesttations,attetsations,attsetations,tatestations

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for attestations

Misspelling Variants of "attestations"

atestations11atetstations12attesattions12attesstations13attestaitons12attestatinos12attestationns13attestationss13
Misspelling Variants of "attestations"

Frequency rank: #31,355 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "attestations"?
"attestations" is spelled A-T-T-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "attestations" mean?
As a noun, "attestations" means: Pluriel de attestation.
What words are commonly confused with "attestations"?
"attestations" is commonly confused with "attestation", "arrestations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "attestations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attestations" 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 "attestations" come from?
"attestations" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.