corporation

\kɔʁ.pɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔʁ.pɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“corporation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,683. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,683
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de personnes, considérées comme formant un tout au sens où elles partagent une caractéristique commune, notamment un métier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-corporation · corporation · French

corporation · rank #8,683 · 16 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,683
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH convertir

Nearest frequency peer: convertir (-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 « corporation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « corporation » 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).

corporation vs corporations
92% similar
corporation vs coloration
82% similar
corporation vs corporatif
82% similar

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

Key facts for corporation
PropertyValue
Headwordcorporation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁ.pɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#8,683
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « corporation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).corporationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « convertir » (#8,682), « Croatie » (#8,684), « contribuent » (#8,681). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « corporation » est au #8,683. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around corporation (IPA \kɔʁ.pɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,683 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for corporation, with forms such as "ccorporation", "coproration", and "coropration". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "corporations", "coloration", "corporatif", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is corporation, spelled C-O-R-P-O-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble de personnes, considérées comme formant un tout au sens où elles partagent une caractéristique commune, notamment un métier.
  2. 2
    Association formée de plusieurs personnes astreintes à certaines obligations relativement à leur profession et jouissant de certains privilèges.
  3. 3
    Association professionnelle.
  4. 4
    Corporance ; corpulence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. …il regarda autour de lui et vit avec étonnement qu’au nombre des spectateurs se trouvait une si grande quantité d’archers de différents pays, que sa première pensée fut que la messe que l’on disait était célébrée en l’honneur de saint Sébastien, protecteur de la corporation.
  2. Il n'y a pas de corporation ecclésiastique qui ait plus asservi aux circonstances ses doctrines et sa conduite que le haut clergé anglican.

This word in other languages

corporation(English)corporación(Español)Körperschaft(Deutsch)corporação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccorporation
  • coproration
  • coropration
  • corpoartion
  • corporaiton
  • corporatino
  • corporationn
  • corporatoin
  • corporattion
  • corporration
  • corportaion
  • corpporation
  • corproation
  • corrporation
  • croporation
  • ocrporation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccorporation1coproration2coropration2corpoartion2corporaiton2corporatino2corporationn1corporatoin2
Edit distance from "corporation"

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 "corporation"?
"corporation" is spelled C-O-R-P-O-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.pɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "corporation" mean?
As a noun, "corporation" means: Ensemble de personnes, considérées comme formant un tout au sens où elles partagent une caractéristique commune, notamment un métier.
What words are commonly confused with "corporation"?
"corporation" is commonly confused with "corporations", "coloration", "corporatif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "corporation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corporation" is \kɔʁ.pɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "corporation" come from?
"corporation" 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 "corporation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

contribuent#8,681conseillère#8,680chaussettes#8,670désagréable#8,696

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

efficacement16 variantsestimations16 variantshospitalier16 variantsincertitude16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list