exaltation

/\ɛ.ɡzal.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,954

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

exaltation is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action d’élever très haut. Pronounced \ɛ.ɡzal.ta.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with excitation and évaluation.

Key facts for exaltation
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Headwordexaltation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ.ɡzal.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#31,954
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of exaltation in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for exaltation is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ.ɡzal.ta.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,954 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for exaltation, with forms such as "eaxltation", "exalattion", and "exalltation". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "excitation", "évaluation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is exaltation, spelled E-X-A-L-T-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’élever très haut.
  2. 2
    État d’âme élevé au-dessus de son degré ordinaire, enthousiasme excessif, sorte de transport auquel on s’abandonne, sensation intense de bonheur.
  3. 3
    Élévation au dessus du commun des mortels.
  4. 4
    Élévation d’un cardinal au pontificat.
  5. 5
    Le plus haut degré de la gloire céleste, ou vie éternelle, dans la doctrine mormone.
  6. 6
    Impression pathologique de puissance et de bien-être, accompagnée de phénomènes délirants.
  7. 7
    État zodiacal particulier lorsqu’un astre se trouve dans un signe du zodiaque qui est son lieu d'"exaltation". On dit qu'il s'y trouve exalté. On dit également qu'il est maître de ce signe par exaltation. Ainsi, après son domicile, la meilleure position pour une planète est son signe d'exaltation. L’exaltation amplifie, de façon plus ou moins ordonnée et contrôlée, l'influence d'une planète, avec un brin d'extravagance dans ce qu'elle régit. Enfin, une planète occupant le signe opposé à son exaltation est dite en "chute".

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eaxltation,exalattion,exalltation,exaltaiton,exaltatino,exaltationn,exaltatoin,exaltattion,exalttaion,exalttation,exatlation,exlatation,exxaltation,xealtation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for exaltation

Misspelling Variants of "exaltation"

eaxltation10exalattion10exalltation11exaltaiton10exaltatino10exaltationn11exaltatoin10exaltattion11
Misspelling Variants of "exaltation"

Frequency rank: #31,954 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exaltation"?
"exaltation" is spelled E-X-A-L-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.ɡzal.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "exaltation" mean?
As a noun, "exaltation" means: Action d’élever très haut.
What words are commonly confused with "exaltation"?
"exaltation" is commonly confused with "excitation", "évaluation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exaltation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exaltation" is \ɛ.ɡzal.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exaltation" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.