dislocation

\dis.lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\dis.lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“dislocation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,062. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,062
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déplacement d’une ou de plusieurs parties d’un tout.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dislocation · dislocation · French

dislocation · rank #34,062 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #34,062
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH discographie

Nearest frequency peer: discographie (-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 « dislocation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dislocation » 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).

dislocation vs dissociation
83% similar

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

Key facts for dislocation
PropertyValue
Headworddislocation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dis.lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#34,062
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dislocation »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « discographie » (#34,061), « diurne » (#34,063), « DSI » (#34,064). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dislocation » est au #34,062. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around dislocation (IPA \dis.lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,062 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for dislocation, with forms such as "ddislocation", "dilsocation", and "dislcoation". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "dissociation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dislocation, spelled D-I-S-L-O-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déplacement d’une ou de plusieurs parties d’un tout.
  2. 2
    Déboîtement des os, luxation.
  3. 3
    Exercice acrobatique pratiqué par un contorsionniste.
  4. 4
    Séparation des troupes qui composent une armée.
  5. 5
    Déplacement d’un ou plusieurs syntagmes en début ou à la fin de la phrase, négligeant la structure ordinaire définie par le verbe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La tempête devenait décidément si violente, la mer se faisait si monstrueuse, qu’on pouvait justement redouter une dislocation de l’icefield.
  2. Depuis la fin de l’Empire romain, ou, mieux, depuis la dislocation de l’Empire de Charlemagne, l’Europe occidentale nous apparaît divisée en nations, […].

This word in other languages

dislocation(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddislocation
  • dilsocation
  • dislcoation
  • disllocation
  • disloaction
  • dislocaiton
  • dislocatino
  • dislocationn
  • dislocatoin
  • dislocattion
  • disloccation
  • disloctaion
  • disolcation
  • disslocation
  • dsilocation
  • idslocation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddislocation1dilsocation2dislcoation2disllocation1disloaction2dislocaiton2dislocatino2dislocationn1
Edit distance from "dislocation"

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 "dislocation"?
"dislocation" is spelled D-I-S-L-O-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \dis.lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "dislocation" mean?
As a noun, "dislocation" means: Déplacement d’une ou de plusieurs parties d’un tout.
What words are commonly confused with "dislocation"?
"dislocation" is commonly confused with "dissociation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dislocation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dislocation" is \dis.lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dislocation" come from?
"dislocation" 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 "dislocation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

contenants16 variantscharlatans16 variantsglyphosate16 variantsgraphistes16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list