filiation

\fi.lja.sjɔ̃\

/\fi.lja.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“filiation” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,598. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,598
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suite continue de générations, dans une même famille ; ligne directe qui descend des aïeux aux enfants, ou qui remonte des enfants aux aïeux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-filiation · filiation · French

filiation · rank #13,598 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,598
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH façades

Nearest frequency peer: façades (-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 « filiation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « filiation » 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).

filiation vs fixation
78% similar
filiation vs finition
78% similar
filiation vs filtration
80% similar

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

Key facts for filiation
PropertyValue
Headwordfiliation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fi.lja.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,598
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « filiation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).filiationse 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 « façades » (#13,597), « foules » (#13,599), « faisceau » (#13,596). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « filiation » est au #13,598. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around filiation (IPA \fi.lja.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,598 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for filiation, with forms such as "ffiliation", "fiilation", and "filaition". 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 also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "fixation", "finition", "filtration", and more, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is filiation, spelled F-I-L-I-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suite continue de générations, dans une même famille ; ligne directe qui descend des aïeux aux enfants, ou qui remonte des enfants aux aïeux.
  2. 2
    Degré de génération des père et mère aux enfants.
  3. 3
    Église, abbaye qui devait son origine à une autre.
  4. 4
    Lien entre des réalités qui sont nées les unes des autres, qui se rattachent les unes aux autres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La filiation de cette famille est bien établie depuis trois siècles.
  2. Le vocable filiation semble ainsi naître et se diffuser, assez rapidement, dans les années 550-560, dans le contexte assez précis des querelles relatives aux questions trinitaires […]. Désignant le lien spirituel unissant le Christ à Dieu, il est rapidement devenu le moyen habituel de qualifier le relation entre le Fils et le Père dans l’ordonnancement de…

This word in other languages

filiación(Español)filiação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffiliation
  • fiilation
  • filaition
  • filiaiton
  • filiatino
  • filiationn
  • filiatoin
  • filiattion
  • filitaion
  • filliation
  • fliiation
  • ifliation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffiliation1fiilation2filaition2filiaiton2filiatino2filiationn1filiatoin2filiattion1
Edit distance from "filiation"

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 "filiation"?
"filiation" is spelled F-I-L-I-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.lja.sjɔ̃\.
What does "filiation" mean?
As a noun, "filiation" means: Suite continue de générations, dans une même famille ; ligne directe qui descend des aïeux aux enfants, ou qui remonte des enfants aux aïeux.
What words are commonly confused with "filiation"?
"filiation" is commonly confused with "fixation", "finition", "filtration". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "filiation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "filiation" is \fi.lja.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "filiation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

empêchera#13,586homophobe#13,613détenteur#13,582dépistage#13,580

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

excitant12 variantsdéfiance12 variantsdéfends12 variantsinédites12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list