location
\lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“location” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,687 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,687
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action par laquelle le propriétaire d’une chose la donne à quelqu’un, à titre de louage ou de bail.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | location |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “location” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for location is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,687 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for location, with forms such as "lcoation", "llocation", and "loaction". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "lotion", "locative", "locution", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is location, spelled L-O-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action par laquelle le propriétaire d’une chose la donne à quelqu’un, à titre de louage ou de bail.
- 2Action de retenir à l’avance sa place, moyennant ou non un prix supplémentaire, dans un théâtre, dans une salle de concerts, de conférences, dans un compartiment de chemin de fer, sur un bateau, etc.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lcoation,llocation,loaction,locaiton,locatino,locationn,locatoin,locattion,loccation,loctaion,olcation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of location - 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.
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.
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Using “location”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-O-C-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lotion” - see the side-by-side comparison. location vs lotion
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.