embarcation

\ɑ̃.baʁ.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\ɑ̃.baʁ.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“embarcation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,839. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,839
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bateau de petite taille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-embarcation · embarcation · French

embarcation · rank #22,839 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #22,839
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH dévore

Nearest frequency peer: dévore (-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 « embarcation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « embarcation » 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).

embarcation vs embarcations
92% similar

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

Key facts for embarcation
PropertyValue
Headwordembarcation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.baʁ.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#22,839
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « embarcation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).embarcationse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dévore » (#22,838), « embrassent » (#22,840), « encouragée » (#22,841). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « embarcation » est au #22,839. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around embarcation (IPA \ɑ̃.baʁ.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,839 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for embarcation, with forms such as "ebmarcation", "emabrcation", and "embacration". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "embarcations", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 embarcation, spelled E-M-B-A-R-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bateau de petite taille.
  2. 2
    Bateau de petite taille équipant un navire, qui permet notamment de faire la navette jusqu’à terre ou de sauver les personnes à bord en cas de naufrage.
  3. 3
    Embarquement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des matelots tiraient, l’épaule courbée, des embarcations sur le quai.
  2. […]; et l’on voyait déjà quelques embarcations filer doucement sur l’eau que battaient les grands avirons, pareils à des vols de goélands lents et bas. On était au plus fort de la pêche du maquereau.

This word in other languages

boat(English)embarcación(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ebmarcation
  • emabrcation
  • embacration
  • embaraction
  • embarcaiton
  • embarcatino
  • embarcationn
  • embarcatoin
  • embarcattion
  • embarccation
  • embarctaion
  • embarrcation
  • embbarcation
  • embracation
  • emmbarcation
  • mebarcation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ebmarcation2emabrcation2embacration2embaraction2embarcaiton2embarcatino2embarcationn1embarcatoin2
Edit distance from "embarcation"

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 "embarcation"?
"embarcation" is spelled E-M-B-A-R-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.baʁ.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "embarcation" mean?
As a noun, "embarcation" means: Bateau de petite taille.
What words are commonly confused with "embarcation"?
"embarcation" is commonly confused with "embarcations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "embarcation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "embarcation" is \ɑ̃.baʁ.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "embarcation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

comparution#22,805chaleureuse#22,792brillamment#22,783artisanales#22,771

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

fonctionnera16 variantscondamnant16 variantsinterrupteur16 variantsinventaires16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list