condamnation

/\kɔ̃.dɑ.na.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,017

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

condamnation is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de condamner ; jugement qui condamne, ou par lequel on est condamné. Pronounced \kɔ̃.dɑ.na.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #5,017 in French word frequency. Often confused with contamination and condamnations.

Key facts for condamnation
PropertyValue
Headwordcondamnation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.dɑ.na.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#5,017
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for condamnation is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.dɑ.na.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,017 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for condamnation, with forms such as "ccondamnation", "cnodamnation", and "codnamnation". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "contamination", "condamnations", 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 condamnation, spelled C-O-N-D-A-M-N-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
    Action de condamner ; jugement qui condamne, ou par lequel on est condamné.
  2. 2
    Passer condamnation : Consentir que la partie adverse obtienne jugement à son avantage.
  3. 3
    Passer condamnation : Consentir que la partie adverse obtienne jugement à son avantage.
  4. 4
    Accepter, subir condamnation : Subir, sans interjeter appel, la peine à laquelle on a été condamné.
  5. 5
    Pour signifier que quelqu’un ou quelque chose est digne de blâme.
  6. 6
    Chose même à laquelle on est condamné, comme une somme d’argent, des dommages et intérêts.
  7. 7
    Blocage de l’accès à une installation électrique ou de la manœuvrabilité des dispositifs de sectionnement afin d’éliminer tout risque d’accident électrique lors d'une intervention.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccondamnation,cnodamnation,codnamnation,conadmnation,condamantion,condammnation,condamnaiton,condamnatino,condamnationn,condamnatoin,condamnattion,condamnnation,condamntaion,condanmation,conddamnation,condmanation,conndamnation,ocndamnation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for condamnation

Misspelling Variants of "condamnation"

ccondamnation13cnodamnation12codnamnation12conadmnation12condamantion12condammnation13condamnaiton12condamnatino12
Misspelling Variants of "condamnation"

Frequency rank: #5,017 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "condamnation"?
"condamnation" is spelled C-O-N-D-A-M-N-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.dɑ.na.sjɔ̃\.
What does "condamnation" mean?
As a noun, "condamnation" means: Action de condamner ; jugement qui condamne, ou par lequel on est condamné.
What words are commonly confused with "condamnation"?
"condamnation" is commonly confused with "contamination", "condamnations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "condamnation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "condamnation" is \kɔ̃.dɑ.na.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "condamnation" come from?
"condamnation" 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.