population

\pɔ.py.la.sjɔ̃\

/\pɔ.py.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“population” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #545. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#545
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble d’habitants vivant dans un pays ou un lieu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-population · population · French

population · rank #545 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-CORE #545
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH jeux

Nearest frequency peer: jeux (-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 « population »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « population » 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).

population vs populations
91% similar

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

Key facts for population
PropertyValue
Headwordpopulation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ.py.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#545
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « population »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).populationse 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 « jeux » (#544), « questions » (#546), « janvier » (#543). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « population » est au #545. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around population (IPA \pɔ.py.la.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #545 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for population, with forms such as "oppulation", "popluation", and "poppulation". 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, "populations", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is population, spelled P-O-P-U-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble d’habitants vivant dans un pays ou un lieu.
  2. 2
    Ensemble d’individus formant une catégorie particulière dans un pays.
  3. 3
    Groupe d’organismes appartenant à la même espèce dans une région et à un moment déterminé.
  4. 4
    Ensemble fini d’entités (appelées « individus ») ayant une ou plusieurs caractéristiques communes, sur lequel porte une étude statistique.
  5. 5
    Fait de peupler, peuplement.
  6. 6
    Ensemble de données mathématiques.
  7. 7
    Effectif d’une population au sens d’un ensemble d’habitants.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La population est un des principaux élémens, et même le principal, d’après lequel on peut mesurer l’importance des états.
  2. […] tout le monde dit que la France se dépeuple, qu’il naît de moins en moins d’enfants, et que l’Allemagne, dont la population augmente toujours, finira par avoir deux fois autant de soldats que nous.

Synonyms

groupepeuplehabitant

This word in other languages

population(English)población(Español)Bevölkerung(Deutsch)população(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oppulation
  • popluation
  • poppulation
  • popualtion
  • populaiton
  • populatino
  • populationn
  • populatoin
  • populattion
  • popullation
  • popultaion
  • pouplation
  • ppopulation
  • ppoulation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oppulation2popluation2poppulation1popualtion2populaiton2populatino2populationn1populatoin2
Edit distance from "population"

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 "population"?
"population" is spelled P-O-P-U-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.py.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "population" mean?
As a noun, "population" means: Ensemble d’habitants vivant dans un pays ou un lieu.
What words are commonly confused with "population"?
"population" is commonly confused with "populations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "population"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "population" is \pɔ.py.la.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "population" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

cependant14 variantsrencontre14 variantsimportant14 variantséconomique14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list