inondation

\i.nɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃\

/\i.nɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“inondation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,489. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,489
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Débordement d’un cours d’eau, ou accumulation d’eaux de ruissellement, qui submerge temporairement une zone normalement hors d’eau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inondation · inondation · French

inondation · rank #14,489 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,489
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH infantile

Nearest frequency peer: infantile (-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 « inondation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « inondation » 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).

inondation vs intonation
80% similar
inondation vs inondations
91% similar

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

Key facts for inondation
PropertyValue
Headwordinondation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.nɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#14,489
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « inondation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).inondationse place ici:

#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 « infantile » (#14,488), « interpellation » (#14,490), « indicatif » (#14,487). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inondation » est au #14,489. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around inondation (IPA \i.nɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,489 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for inondation, with forms such as "innodation", "innondation", and "inodnation". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "intonation", "inondations", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is inondation, spelled I-N-O-N-D-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Débordement d’un cours d’eau, ou accumulation d’eaux de ruissellement, qui submerge temporairement une zone normalement hors d’eau.
  2. 2
    Tendre une inondation, Lâcher les eaux autour d’une place, d’une position, pour empêcher les approches de l’ennemi.
  3. 3
    Les eaux débordées.
  4. 4
    Invasion d’un pays par une grande multitude de gens, d’une grande quantité de certaines choses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En janvier 1970, les inondations ont été particulièrement terribles et les inondés de 1967 de Loures (48 familles), lassés de vivre depuis trois ans dans des baraques, sont allés occuper un quartier d’Odivelas avec la sympathie populaire, sinon officielle.
  2. Si par malheur les crues de l’Ourthe coïncidaient avec celles de la Meuse, des inondations catastrophiques affectaient toute la vallée en aval de Liège.

Synonyms

submersion

This word in other languages

flood(English)inundación(Español)Überschwemmung(Deutsch)inundação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innodation
  • innondation
  • inodnation
  • inonadtion
  • inondaiton
  • inondatino
  • inondationn
  • inondatoin
  • inondattion
  • inonddation
  • inondtaion
  • inonndation
  • ionndation
  • niondation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inondation - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

innodation2innondation1inodnation2inonadtion2inondaiton2inondatino2inondationn1inondatoin2
Edit distance from "inondation"

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 "inondation"?
"inondation" is spelled I-N-O-N-D-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \i.nɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃\.
What does "inondation" mean?
As a noun, "inondation" means: Débordement d’un cours d’eau, ou accumulation d’eaux de ruissellement, qui submerge temporairement une zone normalement hors d’eau.
What words are commonly confused with "inondation"?
"inondation" is commonly confused with "intonation", "inondations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inondation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inondation" is \i.nɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inondation" come from?
"inondation" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

explosions#14,472dévouement#14,463désespérée#14,461partageant#14,532

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

décideurs14 variantsdistincte14 variantspresident14 variantsrégression14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list