rotation

\ʁɔ.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁɔ.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“rotation” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,235
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mouvement rotatif, giratoire, circulaire, d’un corps ou objet autour d’un axe traversant celui-ci.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rotation · rotation · French

rotation · rank #7,235 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,235
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rigole

Nearest frequency peer: rigole (-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 « rotation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rotation » 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).

rotation vs rotative
75% similar
rotation vs rotations
89% similar
rotation vs ration
75% similar

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

Key facts for rotation
PropertyValue
Headwordrotation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔ.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,235
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rotation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rotationse 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 « rigole » (#7,234), « roulant » (#7,236), « reviendra » (#7,233). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rotation » est au #7,235. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around rotation (IPA \ʁɔ.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,235 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for rotation, with forms such as "ortation", "roattion", and "rotaiton". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "rotative", "rotations", "ration", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is rotation, spelled R-O-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mouvement rotatif, giratoire, circulaire, d’un corps ou objet autour d’un axe traversant celui-ci.
  2. 2
    Mouvement d’une planète autour de son axe propre.
  3. 3
    Révolution d’un objet autour d’un axe hors de celui-ci.
  4. 4
    Rythme de renouvellement du personnel, du chiffre d’affaires, des stocks d’une entreprise.
  5. 5
    Succession des cultures sur une même parcelle ou un même sol sur plusieurs années.
  6. 6
    Ensemble des lanceurs partants d'une équipe de baseball.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'adhérence de la roue sur le rail, qui agit le long du plan incliné en sens contraire du mouvement de translation, et produit la rotation de la roue en s'opposant à ce qu'elle puisse glisser sans tourner.
  2. Le mouvement de rotation imprimé par le vent à l'arbre est transmis aux meules par l’intermédiaire d’engrenages, qui sont ordinairement en bois.

Synonyms

girationrévolutionpivotement

This word in other languages

rotation(English)rotación(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ortation
  • roattion
  • rotaiton
  • rotatino
  • rotationn
  • rotatoin
  • rotattion
  • rottaion
  • rottation
  • rrotation
  • rtoation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rotation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ortation2roattion2rotaiton2rotatino2rotationn1rotatoin2rotattion1rottaion2
Edit distance from "rotation"

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 "rotation"?
"rotation" is spelled R-O-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "rotation" mean?
As a noun, "rotation" means: Mouvement rotatif, giratoire, circulaire, d’un corps ou objet autour d’un axe traversant celui-ci.
What words are commonly confused with "rotation"?
"rotation" is commonly confused with "rotative", "rotations", "ration". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rotation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rotation" is \ʁɔ.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rotation" come from?
"rotation" 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 "rotation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

recruter#7,229savaient#7,241semestre#7,242racheter#7,227

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

sergent11 variantspoétique11 variantstchèque11 variantsnettoyage11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list