béatification
\be.a.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“béatification” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #47,764 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #47,764
- frequency rank, French
- 13
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acte par lequel le Pape, après la mort d’une personne, déclare qu’elle est béatifiée. Cette personne devient alors un bienheureux, une personne du peuple chrétien qui est exemplaire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | béatification |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \be.a.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #47,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “béatification” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for béatification is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \be.a.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #47,764 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acte par lequel le Pape, après la mort d’une personne, déclare qu’elle est béatifiée. Cette personne devient alors un bienheureux, une personne du peuple chrétien qui est exemplaire.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for béatification, with forms such as "baétification", "bbéatification", and "beatification". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists 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 béatification, spelled B-É-A-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Acte par lequel le Pape, après la mort d’une personne, déclare qu’elle est béatifiée. Cette personne devient alors un bienheureux, une personne du peuple chrétien qui est exemplaire.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: baétification,bbéatification,beatification,béaitfication,béatfiication,béatifciation,béatiffication,béatifiaction,béatificaiton,béatificatino,béatificationn,béatificatoin,béatificattion,béatificcation,béatifictaion,béatiifcation,béattification,bétaification,ébatification
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of béatification - 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.
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.
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Using “béatification”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-É-A-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \be.a.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.