émigration

\e.mi.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\e.mi.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“émigration” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,518. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,518
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’émigrer ; fait d’être émigré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emigration · émigration · French

émigration · rank #16,518 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,518
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH Émilie

Nearest frequency peer: Émilie (+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 « émigration »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « émigration » 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 émigration
PropertyValue
Headwordémigration
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.mi.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#16,518
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « émigration »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).émigrationse 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 « Émilie » (#16,519), « élargie » (#16,516), « émue » (#16,520). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « émigration » est au #16,518. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around émigration (IPA \e.mi.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,518 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for émigration, with forms such as "emigration", "méigration", and "éimgration". 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 usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is émigration, spelled É-M-I-G-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’émigrer ; fait d’être émigré.
  2. 2
    Fuite des aristocrates à l'étranger qui se produisit pendant la Révolution française.
  3. 3
    Ensemble de ces aristocrates eux-mêmes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La marouette, qu'il est impossible de confondre avec aucun des genres voisins, est un oiseau de passage dont l’émigration périodique et régulière commence et finit chaque année avec celle des cailles, et dure deux mois environ, de la mi-août à la mi-octobre.
  2. Il faut que la misère des Islandais soit bien grande pour les déterminer à émigrer. L’émigration islandaise a commencé en 1870, sous l’impulsion de M. Olafsson, journaliste radical et membre du parlement de Reykjavik.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emigration
  • méigration
  • éimgration
  • émgiration
  • émigartion
  • émiggration
  • émigraiton
  • émigratino
  • émigrationn
  • émigratoin
  • émigrattion
  • émigrration
  • émigrtaion
  • émirgation
  • émmigration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of émigration - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emigration1méigration2éimgration2émgiration2émigartion2émiggration1émigraiton2émigratino2
Edit distance from "émigration"

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 "émigration"?
"émigration" is spelled É-M-I-G-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \e.mi.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "émigration" mean?
As a noun, "émigration" means: Action d’émigrer ; fait d’être émigré.
What are common misspellings of "émigration"?
Common misspellings include "emigration", "méigration", "éimgration", "émgiration", "émigartion". The correct spelling is "émigration".
How do you pronounce "émigration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "émigration" is \e.mi.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list