excitation

\ɛk.si.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛk.si.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“excitation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,767. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,767
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’exciter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-excitation · excitation · French

excitation · rank #11,767 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,767
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH exceptionnell…

Nearest frequency peer: exceptionnellement (-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 « excitation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « excitation » 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).

excitation vs expiation
80% similar
excitation vs expiration
80% similar
excitation vs équitation
70% similar

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

Key facts for excitation
PropertyValue
Headwordexcitation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛk.si.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#11,767
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « excitation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).excitationse 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 « exceptionnellement » (#11,766), « eur » (#11,765), « exploitant » (#11,769). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « excitation » est au #11,767. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around excitation (IPA \ɛk.si.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,767 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for excitation, with forms such as "ecxitation", "exccitation", and "exciattion". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "expiation", "expiration", "équitation", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is excitation, spelled E-X-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’exciter.
  2. 2
    État de ce qui est excité.
  3. 3
    Action exercée sur un organisme qui déclenche une réponse.
  4. 4
    État d’activité anormalement intense des fonctions physiques ou psychiques.
  5. 5
    Action tendant à provoquer une réaction, une modification d’état, une stimulation ou un sentiment.
  6. 6
    Production d’un flux d’induction dans un circuit magnétique, au moyen d’un courant électrique.
  7. 7
    (Radiocommunication) Production d’oscillations électriques dans un circuit électrique.
  8. 8
    Absorption d’une quantité d’énergie qui provoque une modification d’état.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pendant ce temps, dans la cité géante, le mouvement insurrectionnel échappait à tout contrôle. […]. Au début, la rébellion ne se manifesta que par des vociférations isolées, des harangues sur les places et des excitations dans la presse.
  2. Il se fâcha contre lui-même, lutta contre cette excitation dont il ne dissimulait pas la nature, presque toute matérielle.

Synonyms

excitement

Antonyms

abattementcalme

This word in other languages

excitation(English)Aufregung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecxitation
  • exccitation
  • exciattion
  • excitaiton
  • excitatino
  • excitationn
  • excitatoin
  • excitattion
  • excittaion
  • excittation
  • exctiation
  • exictation
  • exxcitation
  • xecitation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ecxitation2exccitation1exciattion2excitaiton2excitatino2excitationn1excitatoin2excitattion1
Edit distance from "excitation"

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 "excitation"?
"excitation" is spelled E-X-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.si.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "excitation" mean?
As a noun, "excitation" means: Action d’exciter.
What words are commonly confused with "excitation"?
"excitation" is commonly confused with "expiation", "expiration", "équitation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "excitation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excitation" is \ɛk.si.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excitation" come from?
"excitation" 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 "excitation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

exploitant#11,769conduisant#11,741comédienne#11,740comptables#11,739

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

fédérales14 variantsdessinateur14 variantscréatrice14 variantsimbéciles14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list