documentation
\dɔ.ky.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“documentation” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,604. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,604
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de documents recueillis sur une question.
Corpus desk
Index FR-documentation · documentation · French
documentation · rank #6,604 · 19 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,604
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH diffusée
Nearest frequency peer: diffusée (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “documentation”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dictature
dictature
93,400 corpus weight
- Diego
Diego
93,399 corpus weight
- diffusée
diffusée
93,398 corpus weight
- documentati…
documentation
93,397 corpus weight
- décident
décident
93,396 corpus weight
- défenseurs
défenseurs
93,395 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “documentation” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | documentation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #6,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “documentation” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around documentation (IPA \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,604 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for documentation, with forms such as "dcoumentation", "ddocumentation", and "doccumentation". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is documentation, spelled D-O-C-U-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ensemble de documents recueillis sur une question.
- 2Action de consulter des documents.
- 3Document.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how documentation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’avantage de la profession d’instituteur sur beaucoup d’autres, c’est qu’elle met à la disposition de ceux qui la pratiquent un matériel de documentation géographique qui permet de se faire à domicile une idée précise du vaste monde. Le fondement national de cette connaissance était la série murale des cartes Vidal-Lablache, avec renfort toilé aux angles…
D'ailleurs Christian Jacq a déjà réfléchi à l’avenir de sa formidable documentation. « Je léguerai ma bibliothèque à condition qu’elle soit ouverte au public et pas réservée aux érudits. »
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dcoumentation
- ddocumentation
- doccumentation
- docmuentation
- docuemntation
- documenattion
- documenntation
- documentaiton
- documentatino
- documentationn
- documentatoin
- documentattion
- documenttaion
- documenttation
- documetnation
- docummentation
- documnetation
- doucmentation
- odcumentation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of documentation - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).
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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.