ébullition

\e.by.li.sjɔ̃\

/\e.by.li.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“ébullition” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,045. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,045
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mouvement d’un liquide qui bout sur le feu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ebullition · ébullition · French

ébullition · rank #17,045 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,045
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH éducative

Nearest frequency peer: éducative (+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 « ébullition »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ébullition » 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
Key facts for ébullition
PropertyValue
Headwordébullition
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.by.li.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#17,045
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ébullition »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ébullitionse 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 « éducative » (#17,046), « Zidane » (#17,043), « élaborée » (#17,047). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « ébullition » est au #17,045. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around ébullition (IPA \e.by.li.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,045 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ébullition, with forms such as "béullition", "ebullition", and "ébbullition". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 ébullition, spelled É-B-U-L-L-I-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mouvement d’un liquide qui bout sur le feu.
  2. 2
    Mouvements d’une personne ou d'une foule qui s’échauffe.
  3. 3
    En chaleur ; en état d’excitation.
  4. 4
    Troubles physiques provoqués par une forte émotion ou la colère.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Traitées par des acides dilués en ébullition elles donnent de l’urée et des corps à fonction amine et acides (amino-acides) tel que le glycocolle CH₂AzH₂.CO₂H, la tyrosine amino-acide aromatique, etc.
  2. Une bourre de soie sèche, telle qu’on l'obtient par la longue ébullition avec une grande quantité de détergent, comme à l’ordinaire, ne contient que 5% de séricine.

This word in other languages

boil(English)ebullición(Español)Kochen(Deutsch)ebulição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • béullition
  • ebullition
  • ébbullition
  • éblulition
  • ébuliltion
  • ébulition
  • ébulliiton
  • ébullitino
  • ébullitionn
  • ébullitoin
  • ébullittion
  • ébulltiion
  • éubllition

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ébullition - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

béullition2ebullition1ébbullition1éblulition2ébuliltion2ébulition1ébulliiton2ébullitino2
Edit distance from "ébullition"

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 "ébullition"?
"ébullition" is spelled É-B-U-L-L-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \e.by.li.sjɔ̃\.
What does "ébullition" mean?
As a noun, "ébullition" means: Mouvement d’un liquide qui bout sur le feu.
What are common misspellings of "ébullition"?
Common misspellings include "béullition", "ebullition", "ébbullition", "éblulition", "ébuliltion". The correct spelling is "ébullition".
How do you pronounce "ébullition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ébullition" is \e.by.li.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ébullition" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

alcoolisme#17,057téléphoner#17,030tristement#17,028suffisants#17,012

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

éducative13 variantsétendant13 variantsAmériques13 variantssécurisée13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list