circulation

/\siʁ.ky.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,266

in French word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

circulation is aFrenchnoun. It means: Mouvement circulaire, en se référant aux planètes. Pronounced \siʁ.ky.la.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #2,266 in French word frequency. Often confused with circulations.

Key facts for circulation
PropertyValue
Headwordcirculation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\siʁ.ky.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,266
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for circulation is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \siʁ.ky.la.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,266 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for circulation, with forms such as "ccirculation", "cicrulation", and "circculation". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "circulations", 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 circulation, spelled C-I-R-C-U-L-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mouvement circulaire, en se référant aux planètes.
  2. 2
    Mouvement du sang qui part du cœur vers toutes les parties du corps au moyen des vaisseaux et revient vers le cœur après s’être oxygéné au niveau des poumons.
  3. 3
    Mouvement de la sève dans les plantes.
  4. 4
    Mouvement des fluides (eau, gaz, etc.) et, par extension également, les conduites dans lesquelles ils circulent.
  5. 5
    Modifications subies par les molécules constitutives de la cellule vivante.
  6. 6
    Action d’aller et de venir en utilisant les voies de communication.
  7. 7
    Flux des véhicules automobiles sur les routes et dans les rues.
  8. 8
    Ensemble des véhicules qui circulent.
  9. 9
    Voie de communication.
  10. 10
    Ensemble des échanges économiques et des transactions indispensables pour fournir des biens aux producteurs et pour livrer les produits aux consommateurs.
  11. 11
    Diffusion ; action de mettre à la connaissance du public un nouvel ouvrage, de nouvelles idées ou de nouveaux produits.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccirculation,cicrulation,circculation,circluation,circualtion,circulaiton,circulatino,circulationn,circulatoin,circulattion,circullation,circultaion,cirrculation,ciruclation,criculation,icrculation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for circulation

Misspelling Variants of "circulation"

ccirculation12cicrulation11circculation12circluation11circualtion11circulaiton11circulatino11circulationn12
Misspelling Variants of "circulation"

Frequency rank: #2,266 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "circulation"?
"circulation" is spelled C-I-R-C-U-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \siʁ.ky.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "circulation" mean?
As a noun, "circulation" means: Mouvement circulaire, en se référant aux planètes.
What words are commonly confused with "circulation"?
"circulation" is commonly confused with "circulations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "circulation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "circulation" is \siʁ.ky.la.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "circulation" come from?
"circulation" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.