operation

noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,164

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

operation is aFrenchnoun. It means: Opération, façon d’opérer, de fonctionner. Often confused with opérations.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for operation is 9 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #27,164 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Opération, façon d’opérer, de fonctionner.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for operation, with forms such as "oepration", "opeartion", and "operaiton". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "opérations", 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 operation, spelled O-P-E-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
    Opération, façon d’opérer, de fonctionner.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oepration,opeartion,operaiton,operatino,operationn,operatoin,operattion,operration,opertaion,opperation,opreation,poeration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for operation

Misspelling Variants of "operation"

oepration9opeartion9operaiton9operatino9operationn10operatoin9operattion10operration10
Misspelling Variants of "operation"

Frequency rank: #27,164 in French

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.