incantation

\ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“incantation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,835. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,835
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de faire des enchantements, par des paroles, pour opérer un charme, un sortilège.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incantation · incantation · French

incantation · rank #41,835 · 16 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,835
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impétueux

Nearest frequency peer: impétueux (-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 « incantation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « incantation » 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).

incantation vs incitation
82% similar
incantation vs incarnation
82% similar
incantation vs incantations
92% similar

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

Key facts for incantation
PropertyValue
Headwordincantation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#41,835
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incantation »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « impétueux » (#41,834), « incompétente » (#41,836), « impressionnisme » (#41,833). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incantation » est au #41,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around incantation (IPA \ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,835 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for incantation, with forms such as "icnantation", "inacntation", and "incanattion". 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 also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "incitation", "incarnation", "incantations", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is incantation, spelled I-N-C-A-N-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de faire des enchantements, par des paroles, pour opérer un charme, un sortilège.
  2. 2
    Vaines paroles pour tenter de conjurer un malheur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ils parlent, déroulant les incantations, Conviant tous les Dieux qui hantent les orages, Par qui le jour s’éclipse aux yeux des nations.
  2. Une voix de femme qui, doucement, chantait... Cela semblait une incantation, tellement il y avait de mystérieuse tristesse dans le rythme de ce chant...

This word in other languages

incantation(English)Beschwörung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnantation
  • inacntation
  • incanattion
  • incanntation
  • incantaiton
  • incantatino
  • incantationn
  • incantatoin
  • incantattion
  • incanttaion
  • incanttation
  • incatnation
  • inccantation
  • incnatation
  • inncantation
  • nicantation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

icnantation2inacntation2incanattion2incanntation1incantaiton2incantatino2incantationn1incantatoin2
Edit distance from "incantation"

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 "incantation"?
"incantation" is spelled I-N-C-A-N-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "incantation" mean?
As a noun, "incantation" means: Action de faire des enchantements, par des paroles, pour opérer un charme, un sortilège.
What words are commonly confused with "incantation"?
"incantation" is commonly confused with "incitation", "incarnation", "incantations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incantation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incantation" is \ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incantation" come from?
"incantation" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

impeccables#41,831insinuation#41,840guitaristes#41,814franciscain#41,792

Similar misspelling depth

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

félicitent16 variantsexistentiel16 variantsexhortation16 variantsmanifestait16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list