estimation

\ɛs.ti.ma.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛs.ti.ma.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“estimation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,392. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,392
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’attribuer un prix à quelque chose d’existant, de l’évaluer, d’en estimer la valeur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-estimation · estimation · French

estimation · rank #6,392 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,392
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH esclave

Nearest frequency peer: esclave (-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 « estimation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « estimation » 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).

estimation vs estimations
91% similar

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

Key facts for estimation
PropertyValue
Headwordestimation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛs.ti.ma.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,392
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « estimation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.estimationse 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 « esclave » (#6,391), « exclu » (#6,393), « extrémité » (#6,394). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « estimation » est au #6,392. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around estimation (IPA \ɛs.ti.ma.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,392 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for estimation, with forms such as "esitmation", "esstimation", and "estiamtion". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "estimations", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is estimation, spelled E-S-T-I-M-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’attribuer un prix à quelque chose d’existant, de l’évaluer, d’en estimer la valeur.
  2. 2
    Évaluation d'une quantité.
  3. 3
    Opérations de chiffrage :
  4. 4
    Prédiction d’une grandeur, une performance, le coût ou la durée d’une tâche d’un projet.
  5. 5
    Discipline ou fonction remplie par le personnel qui réalise ces chiffrages, qu’il soit l’exécutant de la tâche estimée ou affecté uniquement à cette fonction.
  6. 6
    Résultat, chiffre résultant de cette opération, coût présenté sur un devis.
  7. 7
    Offre commerciale, budget.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En regardant de plus près, ils s’aperçoivent alors que tous les produits étaient périmés depuis longtemps. Le « partenaire » coréen avait « arrosé » l’auditeur lors de l’estimation comptable de l’apport en capital.
  2. Pour certaines opérations ( estimation de la charge d'un camion ou d'un engin, estimation approchée du volume d'une bille, etc.. ) il n'est pas utile d'effectuer un cubage précis.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esitmation
  • esstimation
  • estiamtion
  • estimaiton
  • estimatino
  • estimationn
  • estimatoin
  • estimattion
  • estimmation
  • estimtaion
  • estmiation
  • esttimation
  • etsimation
  • setimation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esitmation2esstimation1estiamtion2estimaiton2estimatino2estimationn1estimatoin2estimattion1
Edit distance from "estimation"

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 "estimation"?
"estimation" is spelled E-S-T-I-M-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.ti.ma.sjɔ̃\.
What does "estimation" mean?
As a noun, "estimation" means: Action d’attribuer un prix à quelque chose d’existant, de l’évaluer, d’en estimer la valeur.
What words are commonly confused with "estimation"?
"estimation" is commonly confused with "estimations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "estimation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estimation" is \ɛs.ti.ma.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "estimation" come from?
"estimation" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "estimation", 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 (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list