incinération

Name: incinération, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ɛ̃.si.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.si.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“incinération” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,391. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,391
frequency rank, French: 3,561
“I” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de réduire en cendres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incineration · incinération · French

incinération · rank #29,391 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #29,391
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-MID 3,561
PHOTO-FINISH impro

Nearest frequency peer: impro (-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.

immobilisme

70,613
impro

70,611
incinération

70,610
incision

70,609
incubateur

70,608
indignés

70,607

What this shows « incinération » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Key facts for incinération
Property	Value
Headword	incinération
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ɛ̃.si.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#29,391
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incinération »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).incinérationse place ici:

#29,391

#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 « impro » (#29,390), « incision » (#29,392), « incubateur » (#29,393). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incinération » est au #29,391. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around incinération (IPA \ɛ̃.si.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,391 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for incinération, with forms such as "icninération", "inccinération", and "incineration". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is incinération, spelled I-N-C-I-N-É-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

1
Action de réduire en cendres.
2
Action de brûler les morts pour les réduire en cendres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Pour les installations d'incinération de déchets non dangereux de capacité supérieure à 3 tonnes par heure et les installations d'incinération de déchets dangereux de capacité supérieure à 10 tonnes par jour, les exploitants déclarent les rejets annuels dans l'atmosphère des polluants suivants : …
L'acier peut également être obtenu par déferraillage des cendres d’incinération, mais avec une perte liée à l'oxydation pendant la combustion. La production d’acier à partir de ces ferrailles récupérées nécessite deux fois moins d’énergie que la fabrication à partir de minerai […].

Synonyms

crémation

This word in other languages

incineration(English)incineración(Español)Feuerbestattung(Deutsch)incineração(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

icninération
inccinération
incineration
incinnération
incinréation
incinéartion
incinéraiton
incinératino
incinérationn
incinératoin
incinérattion
incinérration
incinértaion
inciénration
incniération
inicnération
inncinération
nicinération

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "incinération"

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 "incinération"?

"incinération" is spelled I-N-C-I-N-É-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.si.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.

What does "incinération" mean?

As a noun, "incinération" means: Action de réduire en cendres.

What are common misspellings of "incinération"?

Common misspellings include "icninération", "inccinération", "incineration", "incinnération", "incinréation". The correct spelling is "incinération".

How do you pronounce "incinération"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incinération" is \ɛ̃.si.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "incinération" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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