immigration

\i.mi.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\i.mi.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“immigration” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,266. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,266
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’immigrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-immigration · immigration · French

immigration · rank #3,266 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,266
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH humeur

Nearest frequency peer: humeur (-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 « immigration »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « immigration » 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 immigration
PropertyValue
Headwordimmigration
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.mi.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#3,266
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « immigration »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).immigrationse 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 « humeur » (#3,265), « inconnu » (#3,267), « horrible » (#3,264). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « immigration » est au #3,266. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around immigration (IPA \i.mi.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,266 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for immigration, with forms such as "imigration", "imimgration", and "immgiration". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 immigration, spelled I-M-M-I-G-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’immigrer.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des immigrants

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De toute manière, attendre trop de l'immigration, pour remédier à notre faiblesse démographique, serait nous exposer à des déceptions.
  2. « On dit de moi que je suis d'origine étrangère, un beur, une racaille, un islamiste, un délinquant, un sauvageon, un "beurgeois", un enfant issu de l'immigration... Mais jamais un Français, Français tout court. »

This word in other languages

immigration(English)Einwanderung(Deutsch)imigração(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imigration
  • imimgration
  • immgiration
  • immigartion
  • immiggration
  • immigraiton
  • immigratino
  • immigrationn
  • immigratoin
  • immigrattion
  • immigrration
  • immigrtaion
  • immirgation
  • mimigration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

imigration1imimgration2immgiration2immigartion2immiggration1immigraiton2immigratino2immigrationn1
Edit distance from "immigration"

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 "immigration"?
"immigration" is spelled I-M-M-I-G-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \i.mi.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "immigration" mean?
As a noun, "immigration" means: Action d’immigrer.
What are common misspellings of "immigration"?
Common misspellings include "imigration", "imimgration", "immgiration", "immigartion", "immiggration". The correct spelling is "immigration".
How do you pronounce "immigration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "immigration" is \i.mi.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "immigration" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

destruction#3,248différences#3,325indépendant#3,204déplacement#3,329

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

populaires14 variantsévaluation14 variantsadaptation14 variantsprovinces14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list