congrégation

/\kɔ̃.ɡʁe.ɡa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,021

in French word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

congrégation is aFrenchnoun. It means: Compagnie de religieux, de religieuses ou de prêtres, catholiques, assujettis à des vœux et à une règle commune. Pronounced \kɔ̃.ɡʁe.ɡa.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with congrégations and congélation.

Key facts for congrégation
PropertyValue
Headwordcongrégation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.ɡʁe.ɡa.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#11,021
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for congrégation is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.ɡʁe.ɡa.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,021 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for congrégation, with forms such as "ccongrégation", "cnogrégation", and "cognrégation". 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, "congrégations", "congélation", 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 congrégation, spelled C-O-N-G-R-É-G-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
    Compagnie de religieux, de religieuses ou de prêtres, catholiques, assujettis à des vœux et à une règle commune.
  2. 2
    Confrérie de dévotion sous l’invocation d’un saint ou d’une sainte.
  3. 3
    Assemblée de cardinaux et de prélats, de l’Église catholique romaine, soit permanente, soit nommée d’office pour un cas particulier, et chargée d’examiner certaines affaires spéciales.
  4. 4
    Réunion d’avant conclave des cardinaux électeurs, destinée à définir le profil du futur pape.
  5. 5
    Division ecclésiastique dans les pays protestants.
  6. 6
    Regroupement de milliers de mâles abeilles domestiques en vol dans une zone de reproduction délimitée où les reines vierges viennent se faire féconder.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccongrégation,cnogrégation,cognrégation,conggrégation,congregation,congrgéation,congrrégation,congréagtion,congrégaiton,congrégatino,congrégationn,congrégatoin,congrégattion,congréggation,congrégtaion,congérgation,conngrégation,conrgégation,ocngrégation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for congrégation

Misspelling Variants of "congrégation"

ccongrégation13cnogrégation12cognrégation12conggrégation13congregation12congrgéation12congrrégation13congréagtion12
Misspelling Variants of "congrégation"

Frequency rank: #11,021 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "congrégation"?
"congrégation" is spelled C-O-N-G-R-É-G-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.ɡʁe.ɡa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "congrégation" mean?
As a noun, "congrégation" means: Compagnie de religieux, de religieuses ou de prêtres, catholiques, assujettis à des vœux et à une règle commune.
What words are commonly confused with "congrégation"?
"congrégation" is commonly confused with "congrégations", "congélation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "congrégation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "congrégation" is \kɔ̃.ɡʁe.ɡa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "congrégation" come from?
"congrégation" 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.