excommunication

\ɛk.skɔ.my.ni.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛk.skɔ.my.ni.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“excommunication” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,531. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,531
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Censure ecclésiastique par laquelle on est retranché de la communion de l’Église.

Corpus desk

Index FR-excommunication · excommunication · French

excommunication · rank #34,531 · 20 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,531
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH eurodéputés

Nearest frequency peer: eurodéputés (-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 « excommunication »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « excommunication » 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 excommunication
PropertyValue
Headwordexcommunication
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛk.skɔ.my.ni.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters15
Frequency rank#34,531
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « excommunication »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.excommunicationse 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 « eurodéputés » (#34,530), « explicative » (#34,532), « estompe » (#34,529). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « excommunication » est au #34,531. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around excommunication (IPA \ɛk.skɔ.my.ni.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,531 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for excommunication, with forms such as "ecxommunication", "exccommunication", and "excmomunication". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is excommunication, spelled E-X-C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Censure ecclésiastique par laquelle on est retranché de la communion de l’Église.
  2. 2
    Sentence de bannissement de la communauté des fidèles dans d'autres religions.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Godfroid, Elie, 21 ans, instituteur communal à Flohimont, commune de Saint-Pierre, prête serment et déclare : Depuis le 1ᵉʳ octobre 1879, je remplis les fonctions d'instituteur communal à Flohimont. Mon prédécesseur avait 55 élèves en hiver; en été 35 environ. Je n'ai eu que 13 élèves en hiver et 6 à 8 en été. J'attribue la désertion de mon école à la pei…
  2. Excommunication majeure, celle qui retranche entièrement de la communion de l’église et de toute communion avec les fidèles.

This word in other languages

excommunication(English)excomunión(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecxommunication
  • exccommunication
  • excmomunication
  • excommnuication
  • excommuincation
  • excommunciation
  • excommuniaction
  • excommunicaiton
  • excommunicatino
  • excommunicationn
  • excommunicatoin
  • excommunicattion
  • excommuniccation
  • excommunictaion
  • excommunnication
  • excomumnication
  • excomunication
  • exocmmunication
  • exxcommunication
  • xecommunication

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ecxommunication2exccommunication1excmomunication2excommnuication2excommuincation2excommunciation2excommuniaction2excommunicaiton2
Edit distance from "excommunication"

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 "excommunication"?
"excommunication" is spelled E-X-C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.skɔ.my.ni.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "excommunication" mean?
As a noun, "excommunication" means: Censure ecclésiastique par laquelle on est retranché de la communion de l’Église.
What are common misspellings of "excommunication"?
Common misspellings include "ecxommunication", "exccommunication", "excmomunication", "excommnuication", "excommuincation". The correct spelling is "excommunication".
How do you pronounce "excommunication"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excommunication" is \ɛk.skɔ.my.ni.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excommunication" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list