filiation

/\fi.lja.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,598

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

filiation is aFrenchnoun. It means: Suite continue de générations, dans une même famille ; ligne directe qui descend des aïeux aux enfants, ou qui remonte des enfants aux aïeux. Pronounced \fi.lja.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with fixation and finition.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for filiation is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fi.lja.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,598 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for filiation, with forms such as "ffiliation", "fiilation", and "filaition". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 filiation, spelled F-I-L-I-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
    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.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffiliation,fiilation,filaition,filiaiton,filiatino,filiationn,filiatoin,filiattion,filitaion,filliation,fliiation,ifliation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for filiation

Misspelling Variants of "filiation"

ffiliation10fiilation9filaition9filiaiton9filiatino9filiationn10filiatoin9filiattion10
Misspelling Variants of "filiation"

Frequency rank: #13,598 in French

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?
"filiation" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.