expropriation

\ɛks.pʁɔ.pʁi.ja.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛks.pʁɔ.pʁi.ja.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“expropriation” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,648. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,648
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-expropriation · expropriation · French

expropriation · rank #25,648 · 19 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #25,648
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH exempt

Nearest frequency peer: exempt (-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 « expropriation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « expropriation » 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).

expropriation vs expropriations
93% similar

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

Key facts for expropriation
PropertyValue
Headwordexpropriation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛks.pʁɔ.pʁi.ja.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#25,648
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « expropriation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.expropriationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « exempt » (#25,647), « familiariser » (#25,649), « fertiles » (#25,650). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « expropriation » est au #25,648. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around expropriation (IPA \ɛks.pʁɔ.pʁi.ja.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,648 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action d’exproprier.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for expropriation, with forms such as "epxropriation", "exporpriation", and "exppropriation". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "expropriations", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is expropriation, spelled E-X-P-R-O-P-R-I-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’exproprier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le moulin de Montgon ayant été supprimé par suite de la création du canal des Ardennes, outre l'indemnité d’expropriation due au propriétaire, il en était dû une au fermier […].
  2. Le seigneur viscontier qui ne trouvait pas d'endroit convenable pour établir la fourche patibulaire, pouvait même contraindre le propriétaire d'un champ à lui céder l'emplacement dont il avait besoin : c'était une application anticipée de la loi d’expropriation pour cause d’utilité publique.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epxropriation
  • exporpriation
  • exppropriation
  • expropiration
  • exproppriation
  • expropraition
  • expropriaiton
  • expropriatino
  • expropriationn
  • expropriatoin
  • expropriattion
  • expropritaion
  • exproprriation
  • exprorpiation
  • exprporiation
  • exprropriation
  • exrpopriation
  • exxpropriation
  • xepropriation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of expropriation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

epxropriation2exporpriation2exppropriation1expropiration2exproppriation1expropraition2expropriaiton2expropriatino2
Edit distance from "expropriation"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list