designation
\ˌdezɪgˈneɪʃn\
The verdict
“designation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intitulé, titre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-designation · designation · French
designation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | designation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˌdezɪgˈneɪʃn\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
designation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˌdezɪgˈneɪʃn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for designation in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is designation, spelled D-E-S-I-G-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Intitulé, titre.
- 2Dénomination.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how designation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What is the Latin designation for the metal tin?
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