émanation

\e.ma.na.sjɔ̃\

/\e.ma.na.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“émanation” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,791
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dégagement spontané des corps volatils contenus dans certaines substances.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emanation · émanation · French

émanation · rank #31,791 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,791
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH écrasent

Nearest frequency peer: écrasent (-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 « émanation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « émanation » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

émanation vs émulation
78% similar
émanation vs émanations
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for émanation
PropertyValue
Headwordémanation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ma.na.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,791
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « émanation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.émanationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « écrasent » (#31,790), « énerves » (#31,792), « écoutera » (#31,789). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « émanation » est au #31,791. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around émanation (IPA \e.ma.na.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,791 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 émanation, with forms such as "emanation", "méanation", and "éamnation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "émulation", "émanations", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 émanation, spelled É-M-A-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dégagement spontané des corps volatils contenus dans certaines substances.
  2. 2
    Résultat de ce dégagement.
  3. 3
    Conséquence de quelque chose ; chose qui procède d’une autre.
  4. 4
    Ancien nom du radon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’émanation lumineuse est, suivant la théorie de Newton, l’émission en ligne droite de particules impondérables lancées par un corps lumineux.
  2. L’émanation électronique est l’émission d’atomes négatifs provenant d’un corps radioactif.

This word in other languages

emanation(English)Emanation(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emanation
  • méanation
  • éamnation
  • émaantion
  • émanaiton
  • émanatino
  • émanationn
  • émanatoin
  • émanattion
  • émannation
  • émantaion
  • émmanation
  • émnaation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of émanation - 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.

emanation1méanation2éamnation2émaantion2émanaiton2émanatino2émanationn1émanatoin2
Edit distance from "émanation"

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 "émanation"?
"émanation" is spelled É-M-A-N-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ma.na.sjɔ̃\.
What does "émanation" mean?
As a noun, "émanation" means: Dégagement spontané des corps volatils contenus dans certaines substances.
What words are commonly confused with "émanation"?
"émanation" is commonly confused with "émulation", "émanations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "émanation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "émanation" is \e.ma.na.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "émanation" come from?
"émanation" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abandonna#31,798alpinisme#31,813alternent#31,814altruiste#31,815

Similar misspelling depth

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

écrasent13 variantstyrannique13 variantsantivirus13 variantsappareillage13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list