félicitation

\fe.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\fe.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“félicitation” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,561. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,561
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de féliciter ; compliment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-felicitation · félicitation · French

félicitation · rank #23,561 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,561
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fâche

Nearest frequency peer: fâche (-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 « félicitation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « félicitation » 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).

félicitation vs félicitations
92% similar

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

Key facts for félicitation
PropertyValue
Headwordfélicitation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fe.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#23,561
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « félicitation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).félicitationse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fâche » (#23,560), « féodal » (#23,562), « frôle » (#23,559). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « félicitation » est au #23,561. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around félicitation (IPA \fe.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,561 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for félicitation, with forms such as "felicitation", "ffélicitation", and "fléicitation". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "félicitations", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is félicitation, spelled F-É-L-I-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de féliciter ; compliment.
  2. 2
    S’emploie surtout au pluriel, pour désigner les compliments par lesquels on félicite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je ne lui ai écrit qu'une lettre de félicitation fort simple, dans laquelle je lui paraissais persuadé de sa reconnaissance pour ses bienfaiteurs.
  2. POSTULAT : Il existe en institution ou en entreprise un déséquilibre manifeste entre le nombre de fois où le supérieur intervient pour faire une réprimande et celui où il donne une félicitation ou un remerciement à son collaborateur.

Synonyms

complimentcongratulationéloge

Antonyms

condoléance

This word in other languages

congratulation(English)enhorabuena(Español)Gratulation(Deutsch)parabéns(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • felicitation
  • ffélicitation
  • fléicitation
  • féilcitation
  • félciitation
  • féliccitation
  • féliciattion
  • félicitaiton
  • félicitatino
  • félicitationn
  • félicitatoin
  • félicitattion
  • félicittaion
  • félicittation
  • félictiation
  • féliictation
  • féllicitation
  • éflicitation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

felicitation1ffélicitation1fléicitation2féilcitation2félciitation2féliccitation1féliciattion2félicitaiton2
Edit distance from "félicitation"

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 "félicitation"?
"félicitation" is spelled F-É-L-I-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fe.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "félicitation" mean?
As a noun, "félicitation" means: Action de féliciter ; compliment.
What words are commonly confused with "félicitation"?
"félicitation" is commonly confused with "félicitations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "félicitation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "félicitation" is \fe.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "félicitation" come from?
"félicitation" 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 "félicitation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list