glaciation
\ɡla.sja.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“glaciation” is an uncommon French word, ranked #55,309 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #55,309
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de geler.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glaciation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡla.sja.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,309 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glaciation” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for glaciation is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡla.sja.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #55,309 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.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for glaciation, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is glaciation, spelled G-L-A-C-I-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de geler.
- 2Ce qui est formé par cette action.
- 3Le processus de formation ou l'état d'avoir présent des glaciers ou une calotte glaciaire.
- 4Période glaciaire; intervalle de temps géologique durant lequel des glaciers ont été présents dans une région.
This word in other languages
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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Using “glaciation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-L-A-C-I-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡla.sja.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.