narration

/\na.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,204

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

narration is aFrenchnoun. It means: Récit, exposé de faits dans un ouvrage littéraire. Pronounced \na.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with natation and narrative.

Key facts for narration
PropertyValue
Headwordnarration
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\na.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,204
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for narration is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \na.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,204 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for narration, with forms such as "anrration", "narartion", and "naration". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "natation", "narrative", "narratif", and more, 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 narration, spelled N-A-R-R-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
    Récit, exposé de faits dans un ouvrage littéraire.
  2. 2
    (Rhétorique antique) Partie du discours où l’orateur raconte, expose, développe le fait.
  3. 3
    Exercice scolaire où l’élève doit développer un récit sur un thème donné.
  4. 4
    Récit fait en conversation.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: anrration,narartion,naration,narraiton,narratino,narrationn,narratoin,narrattion,narrtaion,nnarration,nraration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for narration

Misspelling Variants of "narration"

anrration9narartion9naration8narraiton9narratino9narrationn10narratoin9narrattion10
Misspelling Variants of "narration"

Frequency rank: #12,204 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "narration"?
"narration" is spelled N-A-R-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \na.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "narration" mean?
As a noun, "narration" means: Récit, exposé de faits dans un ouvrage littéraire.
What words are commonly confused with "narration"?
"narration" is commonly confused with "natation", "narrative", "narratif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "narration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "narration" is \na.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "narration" come from?
"narration" 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.