operation

noun

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The verdict

“operation” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,164. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,164
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opération, façon d’opérer, de fonctionner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-operation · operation · French

operation · rank #27,164 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #27,164
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH oit

Nearest frequency peer: oit (-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 « operation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « operation » 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).

operation vs opérations
80% similar

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

Key facts for operation
PropertyValue
Headwordoperation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#27,164
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « operation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.operationse 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 « oit » (#27,163), « ostie » (#27,165), « offraient » (#27,162). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « operation » est au #27,164. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around operation, anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,164 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Opération, façon d’opérer, de fonctionner.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for operation, with forms such as "oepration", "opeartion", and "operaiton". 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 also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "opérations", 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, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is operation, spelled O-P-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Opération, façon d’opérer, de fonctionner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. quant il deffaut de son operation tous les membres principaus sont corrumpus

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oepration
  • opeartion
  • operaiton
  • operatino
  • operationn
  • operatoin
  • operattion
  • operration
  • opertaion
  • opperation
  • opreation
  • poeration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oepration2opeartion2operaiton2operatino2operationn1operatoin2operattion1operration1
Edit distance from "operation"

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 "operation"?
"operation" is spelled O-P-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "operation" mean?
As a noun, "operation" means: Opération, façon d’opérer, de fonctionner.
What words are commonly confused with "operation"?
"operation" is commonly confused with "opérations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "operation" come from?
"operation" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

offraient#27,162officieux#27,160passèrent#27,171obéissent#27,156

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

pastèque12 variantsmisogyne12 variantsprécisée12 variantsmendiant12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list