mutation

\my.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\my.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“mutation” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,730. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,730
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Remplacement d’une personne par une autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mutation · mutation · French

mutation · rank #7,730 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,730
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mouton

Nearest frequency peer: mouton (-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 « mutation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mutation » 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).

mutation vs mutations
89% similar
mutation vs mutilation
80% similar
mutation vs munition
75% similar

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

Key facts for mutation
PropertyValue
Headwordmutation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\my.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,730
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mutation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mutationse 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 « mouton » (#7,729), « notoriété » (#7,731), « morales » (#7,728). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mutation » est au #7,730. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around mutation (IPA \my.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,730 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mutation, with forms such as "mmutation", "mtuation", and "muattion". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "mutations", "mutilation", "munition", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mutation, spelled M-U-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Remplacement d’une personne par une autre.
  2. 2
    Remplacement ou changement d’une chose par une autre.
  3. 3
    Changement.
  4. 4
    Changement de propriétaire d'un bien immobilier.
  5. 5
    Changement de localisation d'un poste pour un agent sans qu'il y ait de changement de type de poste.
  6. 6
    Famille de jeux d’orgue dont chaque note comporte plusieurs tuyaux de différentes longueurs qui émettent les harmoniques.
  7. 7
    Modification spontanée ou provoquée, le plus souvent héréditaire, du génome d’une cellule, d’un tissu ou d’un organisme.
  8. 8
    Résultat de cette modification.
  9. 9
    Changement qui, dans certaines langues comme les langues celtiques et le finnois, affecte certaines consonnes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sans cette hantise de retrouver ses assassins, depuis beau jour, Marcoul serait ailleurs. Il aurait obtenu sa mutation.
  2. Le valet de chambre, habitué à ces mutations de costumes, apporta l’une et l’autre.

This word in other languages

mutation(English)Versetzung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmutation
  • mtuation
  • muattion
  • mutaiton
  • mutatino
  • mutationn
  • mutatoin
  • mutattion
  • muttaion
  • muttation
  • umtation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mmutation1mtuation2muattion2mutaiton2mutatino2mutationn1mutatoin2mutattion1
Edit distance from "mutation"

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 "mutation"?
"mutation" is spelled M-U-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \my.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "mutation" mean?
As a noun, "mutation" means: Remplacement d’une personne par une autre.
What words are commonly confused with "mutation"?
"mutation" is commonly confused with "mutations", "mutilation", "munition". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mutation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mutation" is \my.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mutation" come from?
"mutation" 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 "mutation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

passions#7,736plateaux#7,738Poitiers#7,741inspirer#7,717

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Leclerc11 variantsplongée11 variantsfatiguée11 variantséclater11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list