infiltration

/\ɛ̃.fil.tʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,167

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

infiltration is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de s’infiltrer ; produit de cette action. Pronounced \ɛ̃.fil.tʁa.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with infiltrations.

Key facts for infiltration
PropertyValue
Headwordinfiltration
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.fil.tʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#15,167
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for infiltration is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.fil.tʁa.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,167 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for infiltration, with forms such as "ifniltration", "inffiltration", and "infilltration". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "infiltrations", 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 infiltration, spelled I-N-F-I-L-T-R-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 de s’infiltrer ; produit de cette action.
  2. 2
    Pénétration des eaux de pluie ou des eaux superficielles dans le sol ou dans les couches géologiques, naturelle ou favorisée par des dispositifs d’aménagement, et contribuant à l’alimentation des nappes phréatiques ou à la gestion des eaux pluviales.
  3. 3
    Pénétration progressive d’un liquide dans un tissu quelconque.
  4. 4
    Pénétration discrète ou progressive dans un milieu, une organisation ou un territoire.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ifniltration,inffiltration,infilltration,infilrtation,infiltartion,infiltraiton,infiltratino,infiltrationn,infiltratoin,infiltrattion,infiltrration,infiltrtaion,infilttration,infitlration,inflitration,inifltration,innfiltration,nifiltration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for infiltration

Misspelling Variants of "infiltration"

ifniltration12inffiltration13infilltration13infilrtation12infiltartion12infiltraiton12infiltratino12infiltrationn13
Misspelling Variants of "infiltration"

Frequency rank: #15,167 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "infiltration"?
"infiltration" is spelled I-N-F-I-L-T-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fil.tʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "infiltration" mean?
As a noun, "infiltration" means: Action de s’infiltrer ; produit de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "infiltration"?
"infiltration" is commonly confused with "infiltrations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "infiltration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infiltration" is \ɛ̃.fil.tʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infiltration" come from?
"infiltration" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.