purification

/\py.ʁi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,051

in French word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

purification is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de purifier, d’ôter d’une substance ce qui s’y trouve d’impur et d’étranger. Pronounced \py.ʁi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with pacification.

Key facts for purification
PropertyValue
Headwordpurification
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\py.ʁi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#22,051
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of purification in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for purification is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \py.ʁi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #22,051 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for purification, with forms such as "ppurification", "pruification", and "puirfication". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pacification", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is purification, spelled P-U-R-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de purifier, d’ôter d’une substance ce qui s’y trouve d’impur et d’étranger.
  2. 2
    Ensemble de rites religieux destiné à donner de la pureté aux fidèles dans diverses religions.
  3. 3
    Action que le prêtre catholique fait à la messe lorsque, immédiatement avant l’ablution il prend du vin dans le calice.
  4. 4
    Cérémonie par laquelle on se purifiait dans la loi de Moïse.
  5. 5
    Fête que l’Église célèbre le 2 février, en l’honneur de la Sainte Vierge.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ppurification,pruification,puirfication,purfiication,purifciation,puriffication,purifiaction,purificaiton,purificatino,purificationn,purificatoin,purificattion,purificcation,purifictaion,puriifcation,purrification,uprification

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for purification

Misspelling Variants of "purification"

ppurification13pruification12puirfication12purfiication12purifciation12puriffication13purifiaction12purificaiton12
Misspelling Variants of "purification"

Frequency rank: #22,051 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "purification"?
"purification" is spelled P-U-R-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \py.ʁi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "purification" mean?
As a noun, "purification" means: Action de purifier, d’ôter d’une substance ce qui s’y trouve d’impur et d’étranger.
What words are commonly confused with "purification"?
"purification" 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 "purification"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "purification" is \py.ʁi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "purification" come from?
"purification" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.