délation
\de.la.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“délation” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,257. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,257
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dénonciation faite dans un mauvais dessein (obtenir un avantage quelconque, tel de l’argent).
Corpus desk
Index FR-delation · délation · French
délation · rank #38,257 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,257
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH découvrirez
Nearest frequency peer: découvrirez (-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 « délation »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- débiteurs
débiteurs
61,748 corpus weight
- débouchent
débouchent
61,747 corpus weight
- découvrirez
découvrirez
61,745 corpus weight
- délation
délation
61,744 corpus weight
- déodorant
déodorant
61,742 corpus weight
- déployant
déployant
61,741 corpus weight
What this shows « délation » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | délation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.la.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #38,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « délation »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around délation (IPA \de.la.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,257 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dénonciation faite dans un mauvais dessein (obtenir un avantage quelconque, tel de l’argent).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for délation, with forms such as "ddélation", "delation", and "dléation". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "donation", "dotation", "dilution", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is délation, spelled D-É-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Dénonciation faite dans un mauvais dessein (obtenir un avantage quelconque, tel de l’argent).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how délation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette anonyme délation, qui accusait le prince et ma femme, part encore d’une main ennemie.
Le Marquis.– Il y a des circonstances où la délation, s’appuyant sur un dévouement sans bornes, devient de l’abnégation.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddélation
- delation
- dléation
- déaltion
- délaiton
- délatino
- délationn
- délatoin
- délattion
- déllation
- déltaion
- édlation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of délation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).