musculation

\mys.ky.la.sjɔ̃\

/\mys.ky.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“musculation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,507. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,507
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Développement de la musculature ou de certains groupes musculaires.

Corpus desk

Index FR-musculation · musculation · French

musculation · rank #20,507 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,507
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH murailles

Nearest frequency peer: murailles (-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 « musculation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « musculation » 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
Key facts for musculation
PropertyValue
Headwordmusculation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mys.ky.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#20,507
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « musculation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).musculationse 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 « murailles » (#20,506), « mèches » (#20,508), « momentanément » (#20,505). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « musculation » est au #20,507. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around musculation (IPA \mys.ky.la.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,507 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for musculation, with forms such as "mmusculation", "msuculation", and "mucsulation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is musculation, spelled M-U-S-C-U-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Développement de la musculature ou de certains groupes musculaires.
  2. 2
    Culturisme, ensemble d'exercices spécialement étudiés pour favoriser ce développement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aujourd’hui, quand les Français font du sport en dehors de leur domicile […] ils choisissent majoritairement de jouer au tennis […], ou bien ils participent à des séances de gymnastique, d’assouplissement, de musculation ou d’aérobic (9 % en 1985), ou bien encore ils nagent (8,6 % des interviewés joggent ou marathonent).
  2. Dans un coin, de jeunes adolescents, torse nu, pratiquaient des exercices de musculation avec des haltères en ciment moulés dans des boîtes de conserve, d’autres étendus sur des nattes à l’ombre de l’arbre somnolaient ou sniffaient de la colle.

This word in other languages

musculation(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmusculation
  • msuculation
  • mucsulation
  • muscculation
  • muscluation
  • muscualtion
  • musculaiton
  • musculatino
  • musculationn
  • musculatoin
  • musculattion
  • muscullation
  • muscultaion
  • mussculation
  • musuclation
  • umsculation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of musculation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmusculation1msuculation2mucsulation2muscculation1muscluation2muscualtion2musculaiton2musculatino2
Edit distance from "musculation"

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 "musculation"?
"musculation" is spelled M-U-S-C-U-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \mys.ky.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "musculation" mean?
As a noun, "musculation" means: Développement de la musculature ou de certains groupes musculaires.
What are common misspellings of "musculation"?
Common misspellings include "mmusculation", "msuculation", "mucsulation", "muscculation", "muscluation". The correct spelling is "musculation".
How do you pronounce "musculation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "musculation" is \mys.ky.la.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "musculation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list