qualification

\ka.li.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\ka.li.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“qualification” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,705. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,705
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de qualifier ; attribution d’une qualité, d’un titre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-qualification · qualification · French

qualification · rank #4,705 · 18 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,705
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pyrénées

Nearest frequency peer: Pyrénées (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “qualification”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “qualification” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

qualification vs qualificative
85% similar
qualification vs qualifications
93% similar
qualification vs quantification
86% similar

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

Key facts for qualification
PropertyValue
Headwordqualification
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.li.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#4,705
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “qualification” se place dans la fréquence du français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Pyrénées » (#4,704), « rendement » (#4,706), « prévoir » (#4,703). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around qualification (IPA \ka.li.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,705 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for qualification, with forms such as "qaulification", "qqualification", and "quailfication". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "qualificative", "qualifications", "quantification", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is qualification, spelled Q-U-A-L-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de qualifier ; attribution d’une qualité, d’un titre.
  2. 2
    Action de se qualifier, dans une compétition éliminatoire, pour un tour supérieur.
  3. 3
    Titularisation, certification, établissement d'une qualité, d'un titre scolaire, nobiliaire ou autre.
  4. 4
    Épreuve de sélection des chevaux de course de trot leur permettant de participer à des courses hippiques s'ils parviennent à courir 2000 mètres en un temps donné, fixé en fonction de leur âge.
  5. 5
    Phase de croissance d’un arbre ou d’un peuplement, pendant laquelle l’objectif du sylviculteur est la formation d’une grume de qualité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour retenir la qualification pénale d’escroquerie, il fallait d'une part établir qu'il existait des manœuvres frauduleuses et d'autre part que ces manœuvres concourrassent à un but unique ; la remise de fonds au titre du dédit ou la vente forcée.
  2. Cette proposition a été qualifiée de téméraire, de scandaleuse : il faut voir si cette qualification est juste.

Antonyms

disqualification

This word in other languages

qualification(English)calificación(Español)Qualifikation(Deutsch)qualificação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qaulification
  • qqualification
  • quailfication
  • qualfiication
  • qualifciation
  • qualiffication
  • qualifiaction
  • qualificaiton
  • qualificatino
  • qualificationn
  • qualificatoin
  • qualificattion
  • qualificcation
  • qualifictaion
  • qualiifcation
  • quallification
  • qulaification
  • uqalification

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

qaulification2qqualification1quailfication2qualfiication2qualifciation2qualiffication1qualifiaction2qualificaiton2
Edit distance from "qualification"

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 "qualification"?
"qualification" is spelled Q-U-A-L-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.li.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "qualification" mean?
As a noun, "qualification" means: Action de qualifier ; attribution d’une qualité, d’un titre.
What words are commonly confused with "qualification"?
"qualification" is commonly confused with "qualificative", "qualifications", "quantification". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "qualification"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "qualification" is \ka.li.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "qualification" come from?
"qualification" 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 "qualification", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

mathématiques#4,691psychologique#4,795modifications#4,511comportements#4,925

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

impressionnant18 variantsconsultation18 variantssatisfaction18 variantscontemporain18 variants

What to do next

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  • "qualification" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "qualificative". View pair
  • 18 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #4,705 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "Q" letter cohort. Q–Z browse

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list