divulgation
\di.vyl.ɡa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“divulgation” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #23,515 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,515
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de divulguer ou état d’une chose divulguée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | divulgation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \di.vyl.ɡa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #23,515 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “divulgation” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for divulgation is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \di.vyl.ɡa.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,515 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Action de divulguer ou état d’une chose divulguée.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for divulgation, with forms such as "ddivulgation", "diuvlgation", and "divlugation". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is divulgation, spelled D-I-V-U-L-G-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de divulguer ou état d’une chose divulguée.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddivulgation,diuvlgation,divlugation,divuglation,divulagtion,divulgaiton,divulgatino,divulgationn,divulgatoin,divulgattion,divulggation,divulgtaion,divullgation,divvulgation,dviulgation,idvulgation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of divulgation - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “divulgation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-I-V-U-L-G-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \di.vyl.ɡa.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.