palpitations

\pal.pi.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\pal.pi.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“palpitations” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,584. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,584
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de palpitation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-palpitations · palpitations · French

palpitations · rank #43,584 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,584
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH paces

Nearest frequency peer: paces (-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 « palpitations »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « palpitations » 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 palpitations
PropertyValue
Headwordpalpitations
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pal.pi.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#43,584
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « palpitations »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « paces » (#43,583), « pardi » (#43,586), « outsiders » (#43,581). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « palpitations » est au #43,584. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around palpitations (IPA \pal.pi.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,584 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de palpitation.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for palpitations, with forms such as "aplpitations", "paliptations", and "pallpitations". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is palpitations, spelled P-A-L-P-I-T-A-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de palpitation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. De ce phénomène, M. Jacques Ollé-Laprune en fait à présent l'objet d'une étude minutieuse, documentée et systématique, en procédant, par-delà l'analyse purement physiologique du tissu parlementaire, à l'examen microscopique des agents biologiques et de leur comportement à travers les perpétuelles et violentes palpitations d'un régime plus ou moins artific…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aplpitations
  • paliptations
  • pallpitations
  • palpiattions
  • palpitaitons
  • palpitatinos
  • palpitationns
  • palpitationss
  • palpitatiosn
  • palpitatoins
  • palpitattions
  • palpittaions
  • palpittations
  • palppitations
  • palptiations
  • paplitations
  • plapitations
  • ppalpitations

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aplpitations2paliptations2pallpitations1palpiattions2palpitaitons2palpitatinos2palpitationns1palpitationss1
Edit distance from "palpitations"

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 "palpitations"?
"palpitations" is spelled P-A-L-P-I-T-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pal.pi.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "palpitations" mean?
As a noun, "palpitations" means: Pluriel de palpitation.
What are common misspellings of "palpitations"?
Common misspellings include "aplpitations", "paliptations", "pallpitations", "palpiattions", "palpitaitons". The correct spelling is "palpitations".
How do you pronounce "palpitations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "palpitations" is \pal.pi.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "palpitations" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list