indication

/\ɛ̃.di.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,843

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

indication is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action d’indiquer ; le renseignement fourni. Pronounced \ɛ̃.di.ka.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #7,843 in French word frequency. Often confused with induction and invitation.

Key facts for indication
PropertyValue
Headwordindication
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.di.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,843
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for indication is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.di.ka.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,843 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for indication, with forms such as "idnication", "indciation", and "inddication". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "induction", "invitation", "invocation", and more, 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 indication, spelled I-N-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’indiquer ; le renseignement fourni.
  2. 2
    Ce qui indique, ce qui donne à connaître quelque chose, et qui en est une espèce de signe.
  3. 3
    Justification médicale (situation clinique en général : diagnostic, pathologie, etc.) d’un examen ou d’un traitement.
  4. 4
    Valeur fournie par un instrument ou système de mesure lors d’une opération de mesurage.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: idnication,indciation,inddication,indiaction,indicaiton,indicatino,indicationn,indicatoin,indicattion,indiccation,indictaion,inidcation,inndication,nidication

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for indication

Misspelling Variants of "indication"

idnication10indciation10inddication11indiaction10indicaiton10indicatino10indicationn11indicatoin10
Misspelling Variants of "indication"

Frequency rank: #7,843 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "indication"?
"indication" is spelled I-N-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.di.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "indication" mean?
As a noun, "indication" means: Action d’indiquer ; le renseignement fourni.
What words are commonly confused with "indication"?
"indication" is commonly confused with "induction", "invitation", "invocation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indication"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indication" is \ɛ̃.di.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indication" come from?
"indication" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.