fluctuation
\flyk.tɥa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“fluctuation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,811. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,811
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variation, défaut de fixité, de permanence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fluctuation · fluctuation · French
fluctuation · rank #38,811 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #38,811
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fixez
Nearest frequency peer: fixez (-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 « fluctuation »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- finalités
finalités
61,193 corpus weight
- fixa
fixa
61,192 corpus weight
- fixez
fixez
61,191 corpus weight
- fluctuation
fluctuation
61,190 corpus weight
- fléchir
fléchir
61,189 corpus weight
- forcera
forcera
61,188 corpus weight
What this shows « fluctuation » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fluctuation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \flyk.tɥa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #38,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fluctuation »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around fluctuation (IPA \flyk.tɥa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,811 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for fluctuation, with forms such as "ffluctuation", "flcutuation", and "flluctuation". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "fluctuations", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fluctuation, spelled F-L-U-C-T-U-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Variation, défaut de fixité, de permanence.
- 2Mouvement ondulatoire que l’on communique à un liquide contenu dans une cavité en percutant la paroi avec une main tandis que l’autre perçoit ce mouvement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fluctuation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cinq années après le départ de Jacques pour le Sud oranais, les fluctuations de la vie militaire l’avaient ramené à Batna.
Une fois l’intermittence des signaux quantifiée, il est possible de séparer l’influence de cette disparition sur la fluctuation de fréquence.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffluctuation
- flcutuation
- flluctuation
- flucctuation
- fluctaution
- flucttuation
- fluctuaiton
- fluctuatino
- fluctuationn
- fluctuatoin
- fluctuattion
- fluctutaion
- flucutation
- flutcuation
- fulctuation
- lfuctuation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fluctuation - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).