navigation

\na.vi.ɡa.sjɔ̃\

/\na.vi.ɡa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“navigation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,254. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,254
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le fait de naviguer, de voyager sur la mer, les rivières.

Corpus desk

Index FR-navigation · navigation · French

navigation · rank #4,254 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,254
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH mères

Nearest frequency peer: mères (-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 « navigation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « navigation » 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 navigation
PropertyValue
Headwordnavigation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\na.vi.ɡa.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,254
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « navigation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).navigationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mères » (#4,253), « norme » (#4,255), « municipalité » (#4,252). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « navigation » est au #4,254. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around navigation (IPA \na.vi.ɡa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,254 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for navigation, with forms such as "anvigation", "naivgation", and "navgiation". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is navigation, spelled N-A-V-I-G-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Le fait de naviguer, de voyager sur la mer, les rivières.
  2. 2
    Métier du navigateur.
  3. 3
    Voyage à travers les airs, à bord de tout engin volant.
  4. 4
    Technique de repérage dans l'espace ; calcul des coordonnées géographiques.
  5. 5
    Utilisation d’un navigateur pour accéder à des pages sur Internet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chemin faisant , j'eus le plaisir de voir plusieurs Portugaises qui soulevaient leurs jalousies pour nous examiner. Il y en avait très peu de jolies ; mais une navigation de trois mois, et la difficulté de les voir , les rendaient charmantes à mes yeux.
  2. La navigation cesse aussitôt que le soleil est couché et à bord des bateaux amarrés le long des rives, les mariniers éteignent leurs falots à l'heure où jadis on sonnait le couvre-feu.

This word in other languages

navigation(English)navegación(Español)Navigation(Deutsch)navegação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anvigation
  • naivgation
  • navgiation
  • naviagtion
  • navigaiton
  • navigatino
  • navigationn
  • navigatoin
  • navigattion
  • naviggation
  • navigtaion
  • navvigation
  • nnavigation
  • nvaigation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of navigation - 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.

anvigation2naivgation2navgiation2naviagtion2navigaiton2navigatino2navigationn1navigatoin2
Edit distance from "navigation"

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 "navigation"?
"navigation" is spelled N-A-V-I-G-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \na.vi.ɡa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "navigation" mean?
As a noun, "navigation" means: Le fait de naviguer, de voyager sur la mer, les rivières.
What are common misspellings of "navigation"?
Common misspellings include "anvigation", "naivgation", "navgiation", "naviagtion", "navigaiton". The correct spelling is "navigation".
How do you pronounce "navigation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "navigation" is \na.vi.ɡa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "navigation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list