inflammation

\ɛ̃.fla.ma.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.fla.ma.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“inflammation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,652. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,652
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action par laquelle une matière combustible s’enflamme, ou résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inflammation · inflammation · French

inflammation · rank #15,652 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #15,652
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH imprimée

Nearest frequency peer: imprimée (-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 « inflammation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « inflammation » 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).

inflammation vs inflammations
92% similar

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

Key facts for inflammation
PropertyValue
Headwordinflammation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.fla.ma.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#15,652
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « inflammation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).inflammationse 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 « imprimée » (#15,651), « insistance » (#15,653), « illicite » (#15,650). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inflammation » est au #15,652. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around inflammation (IPA \ɛ̃.fla.ma.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,652 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 inflammation, with forms such as "ifnlammation", "infalmmation", and "infflammation". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "inflammations", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is inflammation, spelled I-N-F-L-A-M-M-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action par laquelle une matière combustible s’enflamme, ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    État morbide caractérisé surtout par la chaleur, la douleur, la rougeur et la tuméfaction de la partie malade.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Levers et couchers du soleil, de la lune et des autres astres peuvent résulter respectivement d’une inflammation et d’une extinction […]
  2. Le soir était venu. Nicole frotta plusieurs allumettes sur le plancher ; mais l'humidité s'opposait à leur inflammation, et elles laissaient sur le bois les lueurs bleuâtres du phosphore...

This word in other languages

inflammation(English)inflamación(Español)Entzündung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnlammation
  • infalmmation
  • infflammation
  • inflamamtion
  • inflamation
  • inflammaiton
  • inflammatino
  • inflammationn
  • inflammatoin
  • inflammattion
  • inflammtaion
  • infllammation
  • inflmamation
  • inlfammation
  • innflammation
  • niflammation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inflammation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ifnlammation2infalmmation2infflammation1inflamamtion2inflamation1inflammaiton2inflammatino2inflammationn1
Edit distance from "inflammation"

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 "inflammation"?
"inflammation" is spelled I-N-F-L-A-M-M-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.fla.ma.sjɔ̃\.
What does "inflammation" mean?
As a noun, "inflammation" means: Action par laquelle une matière combustible s’enflamme, ou résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "inflammation"?
"inflammation" is commonly confused with "inflammations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inflammation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inflammation" is \ɛ̃.fla.ma.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inflammation" come from?
"inflammation" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

idéologiques#15,648légalisation#15,672marionnettes#15,676fermentation#15,626

Similar misspelling depth

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

inutilement16 variantsmentalités16 variantsneutraliser16 variantsdemandaient16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list