fornication

\fɔʁ.ni.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\fɔʁ.ni.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“fornication” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,770. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,770
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Péché de la chair, relation sexuelle non approuvée par l'Église.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fornication · fornication · French

fornication · rank #46,770 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,770
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fork

Nearest frequency peer: fork (-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 « fornication »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fornication » 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
Key facts for fornication
PropertyValue
Headwordfornication
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔʁ.ni.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#46,770
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fornication »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fornicationse 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 « fork » (#46,769), « fouettée » (#46,771), « fog » (#46,768). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fornication » est au #46,770. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around fornication (IPA \fɔʁ.ni.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,770 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for fornication, with forms such as "ffornication", "fonrication", and "forincation". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fornication, spelled F-O-R-N-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Péché de la chair, relation sexuelle non approuvée par l'Église.
  2. 2
    Fait de s’abandonner à l’idolâtrie.
  3. 3
    Relations sexuelles entre deux personnes libres, non mariées.
  4. 4
    Rapports sexuels en général.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tandis que, dans sa conscience, elle se croit coupable pour avoir forniqué avec monsieur Roux, mon élève, je tiens sa fornication pour innocente, comme n’ayant fait de mal à personne.
  2. « Ces mots de… fornicateur et de fornication que tu emploies volontiers ont quelque chose de rude et de déplaisant. Je sais bien qu’ils se trouvent dans le Bible. Malgré tout, nous ne devons les employer qu’avec discernement, comprends-tu ? »

Synonyms

adultère

This word in other languages

fornication(English)fornicación(Español)Unzucht(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffornication
  • fonrication
  • forincation
  • fornciation
  • forniaction
  • fornicaiton
  • fornicatino
  • fornicationn
  • fornicatoin
  • fornicattion
  • forniccation
  • fornictaion
  • fornnication
  • forrnication
  • fronication
  • ofrnication

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffornication1fonrication2forincation2fornciation2forniaction2fornicaiton2fornicatino2fornicationn1
Edit distance from "fornication"

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 "fornication"?
"fornication" is spelled F-O-R-N-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔʁ.ni.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "fornication" mean?
As a noun, "fornication" means: Péché de la chair, relation sexuelle non approuvée par l'Église.
What are common misspellings of "fornication"?
Common misspellings include "ffornication", "fonrication", "forincation", "fornciation", "forniaction". The correct spelling is "fornication".
How do you pronounce "fornication"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fornication" is \fɔʁ.ni.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fornication" come from?
"fornication" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

entomologie#46,745guérisseurs#46,796effroyables#46,738indémodable#46,814

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

incriminés16 variantsininterrompu16 variantsintériorité16 variantsdescendons16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list