planification

\pla.ni.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\pla.ni.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“planification” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,133. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,133
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’organiser à l’avance les étapes, les moyens et les objectifs nécessaires à la réalisation d’une activité ou d’un projet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-planification · planification · French

planification · rank #8,133 · 19 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,133
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH perdant

Nearest frequency peer: perdant (-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 « planification »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « planification » 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).

planification vs pacification
85% similar

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

Key facts for planification
PropertyValue
Headwordplanification
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pla.ni.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#8,133
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « planification »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).planificationse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « perdant » (#8,132), « préférés » (#8,134), « papillon » (#8,131). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « planification » est au #8,133. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around planification (IPA \pla.ni.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,133 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 planification, with forms such as "lpanification", "palnification", and "plainfication". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pacification", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is planification, spelled P-L-A-N-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’organiser à l’avance les étapes, les moyens et les objectifs nécessaires à la réalisation d’une activité ou d’un projet.
  2. 2
    Programmation coordonnée et souvent formalisée par l’État ou une collectivité des objectifs à atteindre et des moyens à mettre en œuvre dans un domaine donné (ex. économie, urbanisme, environnement).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La comparaison entre, d’une part, la planification des tâches confiées aux élèves et prévue par l’enseignant et, d’autre part, l’organisation chronologique des activités telle qu’elle s’est mise en place dans la classe montrent que le déroulement des séances est similaire pour les deux observations.
  2. La conduite d’un chantier de construction nécessite une planification et une gestion rigoureuse à tous les niveaux, pour assurer la qualité de l’ouvrage dans le respect des délais et des coûts.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpanification
  • palnification
  • plainfication
  • planfiication
  • planifciation
  • planiffication
  • planifiaction
  • planificaiton
  • planificatino
  • planificationn
  • planificatoin
  • planificattion
  • planificcation
  • planifictaion
  • planiifcation
  • plannification
  • pllanification
  • plnaification
  • pplanification

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lpanification2palnification2plainfication2planfiication2planifciation2planiffication1planifiaction2planificaiton2
Edit distance from "planification"

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 "planification"?
"planification" is spelled P-L-A-N-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pla.ni.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "planification" mean?
As a noun, "planification" means: Action d’organiser à l’avance les étapes, les moyens et les objectifs nécessaires à la réalisation d’une activité ou d’un projet.
What words are commonly confused with "planification"?
"planification" is commonly confused with "pacification". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "planification"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "planification" is \pla.ni.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "planification" come from?
"planification" 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 "planification", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list