élation
\e.la.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“élation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Euphorie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elation · élation · French
élation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | élation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.la.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « élation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
élation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.la.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Euphorie.".
élation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 élation, spelled É-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Euphorie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how élation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je n’ai pas en effet, se disait-il, un orgueil naïf, extravasé, une élation, une superbe, s’affichant inconsciente, débordant devant tous ; […].
Je n'ergote en rien sur l'admiration que je porte comme tout le monde à La Recherche du Temps perdu, si je remarque que la précision miraculeuse du souvenir, qui de partout afflue pour animer ses personnages, leur donner le rendu du détail vrai avec lequel aucune imagination ne peut rivaliser, les prive en même temps de ce tremblement d'avenir, de cette é…
This word in other languages
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