destination

\dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃\

/\dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“destination” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,918. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,918
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Emploi auquel une personne ou une chose doit être affectée ou usage qu’on en peut faire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-destination · destination · French

destination · rank #2,918 · 16 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,918
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH cycle

Nearest frequency peer: cycle (-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 « destination »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « destination » 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).

destination vs détonation
73% similar
destination vs distinction
82% similar
destination vs destitution
82% similar

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

Key facts for destination
PropertyValue
Headworddestination
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,918
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « destination »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).destinationse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cycle » (#2,917), « dossiers » (#2,919), « crimes » (#2,916). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « destination » est au #2,918. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around destination (IPA \dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,918 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for destination, with forms such as "ddestination", "desitnation", and "desstination". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "détonation", "distinction", "destitution", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 destination, spelled D-E-S-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Emploi auquel une personne ou une chose doit être affectée ou usage qu’on en peut faire.
  2. 2
    Lieu où l’on doit se rendre ; lieu où une chose est envoyée, expédiée ; la détermination ou l'adresse de ce lieu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les objets de ménage prédominaient ; parmi ceux-ci le vase de nuit en tôle émaillée tenait une place importante ; je crois fort qu'il servait à des usages nombreux et très différents de sa destination primitive.
  2. Cet édifice a changé de destination.

Synonyms

adresseaffectationapplicationbutdestinéeemploifinfinalitémissionraison d'êtreusageutilisationvocation

Antonyms

départorigineprovenance

This word in other languages

destination(English)destino(Español)Bestimmung(Deutsch)destino(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddestination
  • desitnation
  • desstination
  • destiantion
  • destinaiton
  • destinatino
  • destinationn
  • destinatoin
  • destinattion
  • destinnation
  • destintaion
  • destniation
  • desttination
  • detsination
  • dsetination
  • edstination

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of destination - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddestination1desitnation2desstination1destiantion2destinaiton2destinatino2destinationn1destinatoin2
Edit distance from "destination"

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 "destination"?
"destination" is spelled D-E-S-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃\.
What does "destination" mean?
As a noun, "destination" means: Emploi auquel une personne ou une chose doit être affectée ou usage qu’on en peut faire.
What words are commonly confused with "destination"?
"destination" is commonly confused with "détonation", "distinction", "destitution". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "destination"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "destination" is \dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "destination" come from?
"destination" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

explication#2,921comparaison#2,912inscription#2,931obligatoire#2,888

Similar misspelling depth

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

précédente16 variantsinstitution16 variantscoopération16 variantsStrasbourg16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list