explorations

/\ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,058

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

explorations is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de exploration. Pronounced \ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with exportations and exploration.

Key facts for explorations
PropertyValue
Headwordexplorations
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#27,058
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for explorations is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #27,058 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de exploration.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for explorations, with forms such as "epxlorations", "exlporations", and "expllorations". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "exportations", "exploration", "explications", and more, 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 explorations, spelled E-X-P-L-O-R-A-T-I-O-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de exploration.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epxlorations,exlporations,expllorations,exploartions,exploraitons,exploratinos,explorationns,explorationss,exploratiosn,exploratoins,explorattions,explorrations,explortaions,explroations,expolrations,expplorations,exxplorations,xeplorations

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for explorations

Misspelling Variants of "explorations"

epxlorations12exlporations12expllorations13exploartions12exploraitons12exploratinos12explorationns13explorationss13
Misspelling Variants of "explorations"

Frequency rank: #27,058 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "explorations"?
"explorations" is spelled E-X-P-L-O-R-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "explorations" mean?
As a noun, "explorations" means: Pluriel de exploration.
What words are commonly confused with "explorations"?
"explorations" is commonly confused with "exportations", "exploration", "explications". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "explorations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "explorations" is \ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "explorations" 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.