incantations

/\ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#44,500

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

incantations is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de incantation. Pronounced \ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with incitations and incantation.

Key facts for incantations
PropertyValue
Headwordincantations
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#44,500
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of incantations in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for incantations is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #44,500 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de incantation.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for incantations, with forms such as "icnantations", "inacntations", and "incanattions". 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, "incitations", "incantation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is incantations, spelled I-N-C-A-N-T-A-T-I-O-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de incantation.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: icnantations,inacntations,incanattions,incanntations,incantaitons,incantatinos,incantationns,incantationss,incantatiosn,incantatoins,incantattions,incanttaions,incanttations,incatnations,inccantations,incnatations,inncantations,nicantations

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for incantations

Misspelling Variants of "incantations"

icnantations12inacntations12incanattions12incanntations13incantaitons12incantatinos12incantationns13incantationss13
Misspelling Variants of "incantations"

Frequency rank: #44,500 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incantations"?
"incantations" is spelled I-N-C-A-N-T-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "incantations" mean?
As a noun, "incantations" means: Pluriel de incantation.
What words are commonly confused with "incantations"?
"incantations" is commonly confused with "incitations", "incantation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incantations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incantations" 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 "incantations" come from?
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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.