canonisation

\ka.nɔ.ni.za.sjɔ̃\

/\ka.nɔ.ni.za.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“canonisation” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,870. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,870
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acte officiel par lequel le Pape inscrit le récipiendaire sur le catalogue des saints, autorisant sa vénération.

Corpus desk

Index FR-canonisation · canonisation · French

canonisation · rank #31,870 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,870
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH caméraman

Nearest frequency peer: caméraman (-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 « canonisation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « canonisation » 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).

canonisation vs colonisation
83% similar
canonisation vs canalisation
83% similar

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

Key facts for canonisation
PropertyValue
Headwordcanonisation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.nɔ.ni.za.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#31,870
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « canonisation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).canonisationse 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 « caméraman » (#31,869), « capricieuse » (#31,871), « caractérisées » (#31,872). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « canonisation » est au #31,870. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around canonisation (IPA \ka.nɔ.ni.za.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,870 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Acte officiel par lequel le Pape inscrit le récipiendaire sur le catalogue des saints, autorisant sa vénération.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for canonisation, with forms such as "acnonisation", "cannoisation", and "cannonisation". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "colonisation", "canalisation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is canonisation, spelled C-A-N-O-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acte officiel par lequel le Pape inscrit le récipiendaire sur le catalogue des saints, autorisant sa vénération.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Peut-on considérer comme des fous théomanes tant de saints personnages qui depuis Jésus-Christ ont ressuscité des morts? Tous ces miracles consignés dans les procédures de canonisation, quel nom faut-il donc leur donner? Comment l'Église s'est-elle donc si lourdement trompée ?
  2. Après la canonisation de Clodoald, 130 ans plus tard, Novigentum sera rebaptisé Sanctus Clodoaldus en l’honneur de son fondateur.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acnonisation
  • cannoisation
  • cannonisation
  • canoinsation
  • canoniastion
  • canonisaiton
  • canonisatino
  • canonisationn
  • canonisatoin
  • canonisattion
  • canonissation
  • canonistaion
  • canonnisation
  • canonsiation
  • caonnisation
  • ccanonisation
  • cnaonisation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acnonisation2cannoisation2cannonisation1canoinsation2canoniastion2canonisaiton2canonisatino2canonisationn1
Edit distance from "canonisation"

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 "canonisation"?
"canonisation" is spelled C-A-N-O-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.nɔ.ni.za.sjɔ̃\.
What does "canonisation" mean?
As a noun, "canonisation" means: Acte officiel par lequel le Pape inscrit le récipiendaire sur le catalogue des saints, autorisant sa vénération.
What words are commonly confused with "canonisation"?
"canonisation" is commonly confused with "colonisation", "canalisation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "canonisation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "canonisation" is \ka.nɔ.ni.za.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "canonisation" come from?
"canonisation" 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 "canonisation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list