fellation

\fe.la.sjɔ̃\

/\fe.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“fellation” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,542. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,542
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pratique sexuelle consistant à sucer et lécher le pénis.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fellation · fellation · French

fellation · rank #19,542 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #19,542
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fatiguer

Nearest frequency peer: fatiguer (-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 « fellation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fellation » 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).

fellation vs filiation
78% similar

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

Key facts for fellation
PropertyValue
Headwordfellation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fe.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#19,542
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fellation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fellationse 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 « fatiguer » (#19,541), « faisabilité » (#19,540), « exterminer » (#19,539). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fellation » est au #19,542. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around fellation (IPA \fe.la.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,542 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pratique sexuelle consistant à sucer et lécher le pénis.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fellation, with forms such as "efllation", "felaltion", and "felation". 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, "filiation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fellation, spelled F-E-L-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pratique sexuelle consistant à sucer et lécher le pénis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On sollicite d’elles aussi souvent la masturbation que la fellation.
  2. Il n’y a sorte d’irrumation, de fellation, et de tout ce que nostre Langue ne sçauroit, grâces à Dieu, exprimer sans barbarie, qu’il ne luy face commettre : toutes les postures les plus contraintes y sont représentées.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efllation
  • felaltion
  • felation
  • fellaiton
  • fellatino
  • fellationn
  • fellatoin
  • fellattion
  • felltaion
  • ffellation
  • flelation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

efllation2felaltion2felation1fellaiton2fellatino2fellationn1fellatoin2fellattion1
Edit distance from "fellation"

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 "fellation"?
"fellation" is spelled F-E-L-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fe.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "fellation" mean?
As a noun, "fellation" means: Pratique sexuelle consistant à sucer et lécher le pénis.
What words are commonly confused with "fellation"?
"fellation" is commonly confused with "filiation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fellation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fellation" is \fe.la.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fellation" come from?
"fellation" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list