expiration

\ɛk.spi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛk.spi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“expiration” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,788. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,788
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exhalation, action d’expirer ou résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-expiration · expiration · French

expiration · rank #13,788 · 14 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,788
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH extensions

Nearest frequency peer: extensions (+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 « expiration »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « expiration » 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).

expiration vs explication
82% similar
expiration vs exploration
82% similar
expiration vs exportation
82% similar

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

Key facts for expiration
PropertyValue
Headwordexpiration
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛk.spi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#13,788
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « expiration »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).expirationse 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 « extensions » (#13,789), « excite » (#13,786), « faubourg » (#13,790). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « expiration » est au #13,788. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around expiration (IPA \ɛk.spi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,788 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for expiration, with forms such as "epxiration", "exipration", and "expiartion". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "explication", "exploration", "exportation", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is expiration, spelled E-X-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Exhalation, action d’expirer ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Exhalation, action d’expirer ou résultat de cette action.
  3. 3
    Échéance d’un terme.
  4. 4
    Fin d’une certaine période de temps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La vie ne peut se soutenir sans l’inspiration et l’expiration.
  2. Ces rythmes s’actualisent dans l’expiration, le repos et l’inspiration.

This word in other languages

expiration(English)expiración(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epxiration
  • exipration
  • expiartion
  • expiraiton
  • expiratino
  • expirationn
  • expiratoin
  • expirattion
  • expirration
  • expirtaion
  • exppiration
  • expriation
  • exxpiration
  • xepiration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

epxiration2exipration2expiartion2expiraiton2expiratino2expirationn1expiratoin2expirattion1
Edit distance from "expiration"

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 "expiration"?
"expiration" is spelled E-X-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.spi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "expiration" mean?
As a noun, "expiration" means: Exhalation, action d’expirer ou résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "expiration"?
"expiration" is commonly confused with "explication", "exploration", "exportation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "expiration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "expiration" is \ɛk.spi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "expiration" come from?
"expiration" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

extensions#13,789feuilleton#13,791finlandais#13,792courtoisie#13,761

Similar misspelling depth

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

détruites14 variantscoloration14 variantséquitation14 variantspaternité14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list