confédération
\kɔ̃.fe.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“confédération” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,798 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,798
- frequency rank, French
- 13
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Union entre divers États, ou provinces d’un État, qui s’associent sans créer un État fédéral et qui maintiennent leur autonomie (procédure d’unanimité ou véto).
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | confédération |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.fe.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #6,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “confédération” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for confédération is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.fe.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,798 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for confédération, with forms such as "cconfédération", "cnofédération", and "cofnédération". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "confédérations", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is confédération, spelled C-O-N-F-É-D-É-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Union entre divers États, ou provinces d’un État, qui s’associent sans créer un État fédéral et qui maintiennent leur autonomie (procédure d’unanimité ou véto).
- 2Regroupement flexible de différentes entités politiques, parfois de manière temporaire pour faire face à une menace commune.
- 3Groupe constitué en vue de la défense d’intérêts communs.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconfédération,cnofédération,cofnédération,confdéération,confederation,conffédération,conféddération,confédréation,confédéartion,confédéraiton,confédératino,confédérationn,confédératoin,confédérattion,confédérration,confédértaion,conféédration,connfédération,conéfdération,ocnfédération
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of confédération - 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 “confédération”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-F-É-D-É-R-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.fe.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “confédérations” - see the side-by-side comparison. confédération vs confédérations
- 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.