continuation

\kɔ̃.ti.nɥa.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.ti.nɥa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“continuation” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,022
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de continuer ou de se continuer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-continuation · continuation · French

continuation · rank #11,022 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,022
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH congrégation

Nearest frequency peer: congrégation (-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 « continuation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « continuation » 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
Key facts for continuation
PropertyValue
Headwordcontinuation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.ti.nɥa.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#11,022
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « continuation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.continuationse 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 « congrégation » (#11,021), « correspondre » (#11,023), « confondu » (#11,020). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « continuation » est au #11,022. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around continuation (IPA \kɔ̃.ti.nɥa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,022 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for continuation, with forms such as "ccontinuation", "cnotinuation", and "conitnuation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is continuation, spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de continuer ou de se continuer.
  2. 2
    Le fait d’être continué, de se continuer.
  3. 3
    Suite d’instructions qui reste à être exécutée par un système à un moment précis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il fallait, aussi, substituer aux grandes percées, rocades ou radiales, la continuation du réseau viaire parisien, en abandonnant la multitude d’alignements nouveaux envisagés à la période précédente et dont le résultat le plus tangible avait été la création de ces « dents creuses » qui déparent tant de rues parisiennes, sans espoir de voir l’alignement g…
  2. Lorsque, […], la continuation du voyage commencé devient impossible, le marin payé au mois reçoit les salaires dus pour le temps qu’il a servi.

Antonyms

discontinuation

This word in other languages

continuation(English)continuación(Español)Fortsetzung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontinuation
  • cnotinuation
  • conitnuation
  • conntinuation
  • continaution
  • continnuation
  • continuaiton
  • continuatino
  • continuationn
  • continuatoin
  • continuattion
  • continutaion
  • contiunation
  • contniuation
  • conttinuation
  • cotninuation
  • ocntinuation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of continuation - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccontinuation1cnotinuation2conitnuation2conntinuation1continaution2continnuation1continuaiton2continuatino2
Edit distance from "continuation"

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 "continuation"?
"continuation" is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.ti.nɥa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "continuation" mean?
As a noun, "continuation" means: Action de continuer ou de se continuer.
What are common misspellings of "continuation"?
Common misspellings include "ccontinuation", "cnotinuation", "conitnuation", "conntinuation", "continaution". The correct spelling is "continuation".
How do you pronounce "continuation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "continuation" is \kɔ̃.ti.nɥa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "continuation" come from?
"continuation" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

congrégation#11,021correspondre#11,023circonstance#11,014descriptions#11,030

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list