distillation
\dis.ti.la.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“distillation” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #28,918 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,918
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de distiller, opération par laquelle on sépare par la chaleur des substances composées pour en recueillir les parties volatiles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | distillation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dis.ti.la.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #28,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “distillation” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for distillation is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dis.ti.la.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,918 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for distillation, with forms such as "ddistillation", "disitllation", and "disstillation". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is distillation, spelled D-I-S-T-I-L-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de distiller, opération par laquelle on sépare par la chaleur des substances composées pour en recueillir les parties volatiles.
- 2Distillat, obtenu par cette opération.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddistillation,disitllation,disstillation,distilaltion,distilation,distillaiton,distillatino,distillationn,distillatoin,distillattion,distilltaion,distlilation,disttillation,ditsillation,dsitillation,idstillation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of distillation - 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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Using “distillation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-I-S-T-I-L-L-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dis.ti.la.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.