notation

/\no.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,753

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

notation is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action, manière d’indiquer, de représenter par des signes convenus. Pronounced \no.ta.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with notion and notations.

Key facts for notation
PropertyValue
Headwordnotation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\no.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,753
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for notation is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \no.ta.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,753 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 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 notation, with forms such as "nnotation", "noattion", and "notaiton". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "notion", "notations", "nation", 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 notation, spelled N-O-T-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
    Action, manière d’indiquer, de représenter par des signes convenus.
  2. 2
    Évaluation, par une institution spécialisée, de la qualité de crédit d’une entreprise ou d’un État donnant une information codifiée sur la capacité de remboursement des titres de dette émis, mais ne constituant jamais une recommandation d'achat ou de vente.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nnotation,noattion,notaiton,notatino,notationn,notatoin,notattion,nottaion,nottation,ntoation,ontation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for notation

Misspelling Variants of "notation"

nnotation9noattion8notaiton8notatino8notationn9notatoin8notattion9nottaion8
Misspelling Variants of "notation"

Frequency rank: #10,753 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "notation"?
"notation" is spelled N-O-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \no.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "notation" mean?
As a noun, "notation" means: Action, manière d’indiquer, de représenter par des signes convenus.
What words are commonly confused with "notation"?
"notation" is commonly confused with "notion", "notations", "nation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "notation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "notation" is \no.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "notation" come from?
"notation" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter N in our French index:

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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.