limitation

/\li.mi.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,876

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

limitation is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de limiter. Pronounced \li.mi.ta.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #8,876 in French word frequency. Often confused with limitations.

Key facts for limitation
PropertyValue
Headwordlimitation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\li.mi.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#8,876
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for limitation is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \li.mi.ta.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,876 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Action de limiter.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for limitation, with forms such as "ilmitation", "liimtation", and "limiattion". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "limitations", 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 limitation, spelled L-I-M-I-T-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 limiter.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilmitation,liimtation,limiattion,limitaiton,limitatino,limitationn,limitatoin,limitattion,limittaion,limittation,limmitation,limtiation,llimitation,lmiitation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for limitation

Misspelling Variants of "limitation"

ilmitation10liimtation10limiattion10limitaiton10limitatino10limitationn11limitatoin10limitattion11
Misspelling Variants of "limitation"

Frequency rank: #8,876 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "limitation"?
"limitation" is spelled L-I-M-I-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \li.mi.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "limitation" mean?
As a noun, "limitation" means: Action de limiter.
What words are commonly confused with "limitation"?
"limitation" is commonly confused with "limitations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "limitation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "limitation" is \li.mi.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "limitation" come from?
"limitation" 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.