illumination

\i.ly.mi.na.sjɔ̃\

/\i.ly.mi.na.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“illumination” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,628. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,628
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’illuminer ou état de ce qui est illuminé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-illumination · illumination · French

illumination · rank #24,628 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,628
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH illico

Nearest frequency peer: illico (-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 « illumination »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « illumination » 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).

illumination vs illuminations
92% similar
illumination vs illuminati
83% similar

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

Key facts for illumination
PropertyValue
Headwordillumination
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.ly.mi.na.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#24,628
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « illumination »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).illuminationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « illico » (#24,627), « hériter » (#24,626), « immatériel » (#24,630). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « illumination » est au #24,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around illumination (IPA \i.ly.mi.na.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,628 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for illumination, with forms such as "illmuination", "illuimnation", and "illumiantion". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "illuminations", "illuminati", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is illumination, spelled I-L-L-U-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’illuminer ou état de ce qui est illuminé.
  2. 2
    Grande quantité de lumières disposées avec symétrie, à l’occasion d’une réjouissance.
  3. 3
    Lumière extraordinaire que Dieu répand quelquefois dans l’âme.
  4. 4
    Les clartés vives qui se produisent subitement dans certains esprits au milieu des difficultés, des dangers.
  5. 5
    Éveil spirituel.
  6. 6
    Fait de cibler un objectif avec un radar.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’illumination de la terre par le soleil. Dans ce sens il est peu usité.
  2. Une petite ville se paie le luxe d’un somptueux corso ; une autre veut des concerts, des illuminations ….

This word in other languages

illumination(English)iluminación(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • illmuination
  • illuimnation
  • illumiantion
  • illuminaiton
  • illuminatino
  • illuminationn
  • illuminatoin
  • illuminattion
  • illuminnation
  • illumintaion
  • illummination
  • illumniation
  • ilulmination
  • ilumination
  • lilumination

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

illmuination2illuimnation2illumiantion2illuminaiton2illuminatino2illuminationn1illuminatoin2illuminattion1
Edit distance from "illumination"

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 "illumination"?
"illumination" is spelled I-L-L-U-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ly.mi.na.sjɔ̃\.
What does "illumination" mean?
As a noun, "illumination" means: Action d’illuminer ou état de ce qui est illuminé.
What words are commonly confused with "illumination"?
"illumination" is commonly confused with "illuminations", "illuminati". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "illumination"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "illumination" is \i.ly.mi.na.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "illumination" come from?
"illumination" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

interprétées#24,641entraînerait#24,578pareillement#24,700convivialité#24,530

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

imposables15 variantsgénéralise15 variantsinterfaces15 variantsinterrogées15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list