mutation
French, noun/my.ta.sjɔ̃/
mutation is spelled M-U-T-A-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mutation is a French feminine noun meaning “substitution” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Remplacement d’une personne par une autre”.
What does mutation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesubstitution
- 2
femininemutation
- 3
femininetransfer, move
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Remplacement d’une personne par une autre. 2. Remplacement ou changement d’une chose par une autre. 3. Changement. 4. Changement de propriétaire d'un bien immobilier.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mutation
- mutations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mutation?
- /my.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \my.ta.sjɔ̃\
- [my.ta.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mutation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mutation in French?
mutation appears 8.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).