participation

\paʁ.ti.si.pa.sjɔ̃\

/\paʁ.ti.si.pa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“participation” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,709. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,709
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de participer à quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-participation · participation · French

participation · rank #1,709 · 19 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,709
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH partager

Nearest frequency peer: partager (-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 « participation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « participation » 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).

participation vs participative
85% similar
participation vs participations
93% similar
participation vs participatif
85% similar

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

Key facts for participation
PropertyValue
Headwordparticipation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\paʁ.ti.si.pa.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#1,709
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « participation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).participationse 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 « partager » (#1,708), « patron » (#1,710), « ouvrage » (#1,707). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « participation » est au #1,709. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around participation (IPA \paʁ.ti.si.pa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,709 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for participation, with forms such as "aprticipation", "paritcipation", and "parrticipation". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "participative", "participations", "participatif", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is participation, spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de participer à quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Partage entre propriétaires et salariés (entre ceux-ci, au prorata de leurs salaires) de la partie des bénéfices dépassant une rémunération donnée des capitaux propres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cela veut précisément dire que des participations ne sont pas réalisées et que des non-participations, en revanche, sont manifestes et déterminantes pour l’objet considéré.
  2. Ainsi, même le musicien qui recevait un cachet pour sa participation au bal de la rosière de Trifouilly les Oies, cotisait à la CARBALAS avec son employeur d'un jour.

This word in other languages

participation(English)participación(Español)Teilnahme(Deutsch)percentagem(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprticipation
  • paritcipation
  • parrticipation
  • partciipation
  • particcipation
  • particiaption
  • participaiton
  • participatino
  • participationn
  • participatoin
  • participattion
  • particippation
  • participtaion
  • particpiation
  • partiicpation
  • partticipation
  • patricipation
  • pparticipation
  • praticipation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of participation - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aprticipation2paritcipation2parrticipation1partciipation2particcipation1particiaption2participaiton2participatino2
Edit distance from "participation"

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 "participation"?
"participation" is spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ.ti.si.pa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "participation" mean?
As a noun, "participation" means: Action de participer à quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "participation"?
"participation" is commonly confused with "participative", "participations", "participatif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "participation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "participation" is \paʁ.ti.si.pa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "participation" come from?
"participation" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

régulièrement#1,639immédiatement#1,595professionnel#1,886contrairement#1,949

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

indépendance19 variantsconséquences19 variantscomportement19 variantsétablissement19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list