profanation

\pʁɔ.fa.na.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁɔ.fa.na.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“profanation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,493. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,493
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de profaner les choses sacrées ; irrévérence commise contre les choses sacrées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-profanation · profanation · French

profanation · rank #37,493 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #37,493
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH procréer

Nearest frequency peer: procréer (-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 « profanation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « profanation » 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).

profanation vs propagation
82% similar

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

Key facts for profanation
PropertyValue
Headwordprofanation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.fa.na.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#37,493
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « profanation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).profanationse 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 « procréer » (#37,492), « prolongés » (#37,494), « prisonnières » (#37,491). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « profanation » est au #37,493. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around profanation (IPA \pʁɔ.fa.na.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,493 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for profanation, with forms such as "porfanation", "pprofanation", and "prfoanation". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "propagation", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is profanation, spelled P-R-O-F-A-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de profaner les choses sacrées ; irrévérence commise contre les choses sacrées.
  2. 2
    Abus qu’on fait des choses rares, précieuses, respectables.
  3. 3
    Dégradation, avilissement par manque de respect.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. N’oublions pas que de 2005 à 2007, une série d’incendies de chapelles, de profanations et de décapitation de calvaires dans le Finistère et dans le Morbihan (Loqueffret, Saint-Tugdual…) avait mené les enquêteurs d’alors sur la piste de satanistes issus de mouvements néonazis et de black métal.
  2. Le vol des choses consacrées à Dieu était un sacrilège, parce que ce vol renfermait une profanation de choses saintes : tel était le vol des calices, ciboires, reliques, images et même des troncs d'église.

This word in other languages

profanation(English)profanación(Español)Profanierung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porfanation
  • pprofanation
  • prfoanation
  • proafnation
  • profaantion
  • profanaiton
  • profanatino
  • profanationn
  • profanatoin
  • profanattion
  • profannation
  • profantaion
  • proffanation
  • profnaation
  • prrofanation
  • rpofanation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

porfanation2pprofanation1prfoanation2proafnation2profaantion2profanaiton2profanatino2profanationn1
Edit distance from "profanation"

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 "profanation"?
"profanation" is spelled P-R-O-F-A-N-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.fa.na.sjɔ̃\.
What does "profanation" mean?
As a noun, "profanation" means: Action de profaner les choses sacrées ; irrévérence commise contre les choses sacrées.
What words are commonly confused with "profanation"?
"profanation" is commonly confused with "propagation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "profanation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "profanation" is \pʁɔ.fa.na.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "profanation" come from?
"profanation" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

promiscuité#37,495refoulement#37,520oppresseurs#37,458régulations#37,542

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

parchemins16 variantsrépressives16 variantsmarchandes16 variantsstimulants16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list