authentification

\o.tɑ̃.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\o.tɑ̃.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“authentification” has 23 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,628. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,628
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
23
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action visant à authentifier un document, un acte, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-authentification · authentification · French

authentification · rank #26,628 · 23 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,628
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 23 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH attestant

Nearest frequency peer: attestant (-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 « authentification »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « authentification » 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
Key facts for authentification
PropertyValue
Headwordauthentification
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\o.tɑ̃.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters16
Frequency rank#26,628
Misspellings tracked23
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « authentification »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « attestant » (#26,627), « autoritaires » (#26,629), « assistons » (#26,626). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « authentification » est au #26,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 23 spelling variants around authentification (IPA \o.tɑ̃.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,628 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for authentification, with forms such as "atuhentification", "auhtentification", and "autehntification". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is authentification, spelled A-U-T-H-E-N-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action visant à authentifier un document, un acte, etc.
  2. 2
    Vérification de l’identité d’une entité (personne, ordinateur…), afin d’autoriser l’accès de cette entité à des ressources (systèmes, réseaux, applications…)
  3. 3
    Le fait de s’assurer, par une procédure conventionnelle, de la qualité de son correspondant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je crois qu’au contraire il faut la rendre obligatoire quitte à trouver le minimum de coût de la procédure d’authentification pour que ça ne pénalise pas le producteur et le marché de la perle.
  2. Les NFT m’intéressent aussi pour les possibilités qu’ils offrent en matière de fundraising, de gouvernance ou encore d’authentification.

Antonyms

désauthentification

This word in other languages

authentication(English)autenticación(Español)Authentifizierung(Deutsch)autenticação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atuhentification
  • auhtentification
  • autehntification
  • authenitfication
  • authenntification
  • authentfiication
  • authentifciation
  • authentiffication
  • authentifiaction
  • authentificaiton
  • authentificatino
  • authentificationn
  • authentificatoin
  • authentificattion
  • authentificcation
  • authentifictaion
  • authentiifcation
  • authenttification
  • authetnification
  • authhentification
  • authnetification
  • autthentification
  • uathentification

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

atuhentification2auhtentification2autehntification2authenitfication2authenntification1authentfiication2authentifciation2authentiffication1
Edit distance from "authentification"

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 "authentification"?
"authentification" is spelled A-U-T-H-E-N-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \o.tɑ̃.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "authentification" mean?
As a noun, "authentification" means: Action visant à authentifier un document, un acte, etc.
What are common misspellings of "authentification"?
Common misspellings include "atuhentification", "auhtentification", "autehntification", "authenitfication", "authenntification". The correct spelling is "authentification".
How do you pronounce "authentification"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "authentification" is \o.tɑ̃.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "authentification" come from?
"authentification" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (23 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list