constellation

\kɔ̃s.tɛ.la.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃s.tɛ.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“constellation” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,486. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,486
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Groupe d’un certain nombre d’étoiles qui dessine sur la voûte céleste une figure que l’imagination des Anciens croyait reconnaitre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-constellation · constellation · French

constellation · rank #19,486 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,486
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH connotation

Nearest frequency peer: connotation (-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 « constellation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « constellation » 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).

constellation vs consternation
85% similar
constellation vs constellations
93% similar

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

Key facts for constellation
PropertyValue
Headwordconstellation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃s.tɛ.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#19,486
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « constellation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).constellationse 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 « connotation » (#19,485), « contrée » (#19,487), « confuse » (#19,484). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « constellation » est au #19,486. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around constellation (IPA \kɔ̃s.tɛ.la.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,486 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for constellation, with forms such as "cconstellation", "cnostellation", and "connstellation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "consternation", "constellations", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is constellation, spelled C-O-N-S-T-E-L-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Groupe d’un certain nombre d’étoiles qui dessine sur la voûte céleste une figure que l’imagination des Anciens croyait reconnaitre.
  2. 2
    Groupe d’étoiles fixes du zodiaque auquel on a donné un nom en fonction de la figure qu’il semble représenter.
  3. 3
    Ensemble d’un même type d’engins spatiaux, très souvent des satellites, visant à couvrir une zone géographique.
  4. 4
    Groupes d'éléments plus ou moins épars et liés entre eux d'une certaine manière.
  5. 5
    Représentation d'un nombre par des points ou de petites figures formant un motif, comme les points sur les faces d'un dé ou les enseignes sur une carte à jouer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et précisément voilà que son ciel se bouchait, que les constellations se dérobaient à sa vue, qu’un voile brumeux, impénétrable, s’étendait entre le zénith et lui.
  2. Au-dessus de moi, les nuages chassent en désordre avec une extrême rapidité, et quelques constellations étincellent à travers leurs déchirures, ici Cassiopée, la Petite Ourse dans le nord, au zénith, Véga de la Lyre.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconstellation
  • cnostellation
  • connstellation
  • consetllation
  • consstellation
  • constelaltion
  • constelation
  • constellaiton
  • constellatino
  • constellationn
  • constellatoin
  • constellattion
  • constelltaion
  • constlelation
  • consttellation
  • contsellation
  • cosntellation
  • ocnstellation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of constellation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cconstellation1cnostellation2connstellation1consetllation2consstellation1constelaltion2constelation1constellaiton2
Edit distance from "constellation"

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 "constellation"?
"constellation" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-E-L-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃s.tɛ.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "constellation" mean?
As a noun, "constellation" means: Groupe d’un certain nombre d’étoiles qui dessine sur la voûte céleste une figure que l’imagination des Anciens croyait reconnaitre.
What words are commonly confused with "constellation"?
"constellation" is commonly confused with "consternation", "constellations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "constellation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "constellation" is \kɔ̃s.tɛ.la.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "constellation" come from?
"constellation" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "constellation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list