dilatation

\di.la.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\di.la.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“dilatation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,969. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,969
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-dilatation · dilatation · French

dilatation · rank #25,969 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #25,969
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH diff

Nearest frequency peer: diff (-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 « dilatation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dilatation » 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).

dilatation vs datation
80% similar

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

Key facts for dilatation
PropertyValue
Headworddilatation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.la.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#25,969
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dilatation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dilatationse 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 « diff » (#25,968), « dino » (#25,970), « diablo » (#25,967). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dilatation » est au #25,969. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around dilatation (IPA \di.la.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,969 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for dilatation, with forms such as "ddilatation", "dialtation", and "dilaattion". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "datation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is dilatation, spelled D-I-L-A-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de dilater ou de se dilater.
  2. 2
    État de ce qui est dilaté, de ce qui s’est dilaté.
  3. 3
    Élargissement.
  4. 4
    Développement, hypertrophie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’urographie intraveineuse montrait, de son côté, une dilatation de l’uretère, le non-fonctionnement du rein droit cependant que la radiographie du thorax révélait des métastases circutuelles…
  2. La dilatation d’un gaz.

This word in other languages

dilatation(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddilatation
  • dialtation
  • dilaattion
  • dilataiton
  • dilatatino
  • dilatationn
  • dilatatoin
  • dilatattion
  • dilattaion
  • dilattation
  • dillatation
  • diltaation
  • dliatation
  • idlatation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddilatation1dialtation2dilaattion2dilataiton2dilatatino2dilatationn1dilatatoin2dilatattion1
Edit distance from "dilatation"

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 "dilatation"?
"dilatation" is spelled D-I-L-A-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \di.la.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "dilatation" mean?
As a noun, "dilatation" means: Action de dilater ou de se dilater.
What words are commonly confused with "dilatation"?
"dilatation" is commonly confused with "datation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dilatation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dilatation" is \di.la.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dilatation" come from?
"dilatation" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

effectuera#25,988contrarier#25,949essayaient#25,995complétant#25,940

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

dérapages14 variantsdésirable14 variantscontrebas14 variantsconsentis14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list