fermentation

/\fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,626

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

fermentation is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ensemble de phénomènes de décomposition résultant de l’action de micro-organismes sur certaines matières organiques. Plusieurs de ces fermentations sont désignées par le nom du principal produit qu... Pronounced \fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\.

Key facts for fermentation
PropertyValue
Headwordfermentation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#15,626
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for fermentation is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,626 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for fermentation, with forms such as "efrmentation", "femrentation", and "feremntation". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 fermentation, spelled F-E-R-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble de phénomènes de décomposition résultant de l’action de micro-organismes sur certaines matières organiques. Plusieurs de ces fermentations sont désignées par le nom du principal produit qu’elles permettent d’obtenir.
  2. 2
    Chaleur et agitation des esprits.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efrmentation,femrentation,feremntation,fermenattion,fermenntation,fermentaiton,fermentatino,fermentationn,fermentatoin,fermentattion,fermenttaion,fermenttation,fermetnation,fermmentation,fermnetation,ferrmentation,ffermentation,frementation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fermentation

Misspelling Variants of "fermentation"

efrmentation12femrentation12feremntation12fermenattion12fermenntation13fermentaiton12fermentatino12fermentationn13
Misspelling Variants of "fermentation"

Frequency rank: #15,626 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fermentation"?
"fermentation" is spelled F-E-R-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "fermentation" mean?
As a noun, "fermentation" means: Ensemble de phénomènes de décomposition résultant de l’action de micro-organismes sur certaines matières organiques. Plusieurs de ces fermentations sont désignées par le nom du principal produit qu...
What are common misspellings of "fermentation"?
Common misspellings include "efrmentation", "femrentation", "feremntation", "fermenattion", "fermenntation". The correct spelling is "fermentation".
How do you pronounce "fermentation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fermentation" is \fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fermentation" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.