satisfaction

/\sa.tis.fak.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,802

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

satisfaction is aFrenchnoun. It means: Contentement, plaisir que nous éprouvons quand les choses sont telles que nous pouvons les souhaiter. Pronounced \sa.tis.fak.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #4,802 in French word frequency. Often confused with satisfactions.

Key facts for satisfaction
PropertyValue
Headwordsatisfaction
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.tis.fak.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#4,802
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for satisfaction is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sa.tis.fak.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,802 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for satisfaction, with forms such as "astisfaction", "saitsfaction", and "satifsaction". 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, "satisfactions", 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 satisfaction, spelled S-A-T-I-S-F-A-C-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
    Contentement, plaisir que nous éprouvons quand les choses sont telles que nous pouvons les souhaiter.
  2. 2
    Réponse à un besoin de sorte qu’il ne soit plus nécessaire.
  3. 3
    Action de satisfaire quelqu’un en réparation de l’offense qu’on lui a faite.
  4. 4
    Ce qu’on est obligé de faire à l’égard de Dieu, en réparation des péchés qu’on a commis.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: astisfaction,saitsfaction,satifsaction,satisafction,satisfacction,satisfaciton,satisfactino,satisfactionn,satisfactoin,satisfacttion,satisfatcion,satisfcation,satisffaction,satissfaction,satsifaction,sattisfaction,ssatisfaction,staisfaction

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for satisfaction

Misspelling Variants of "satisfaction"

astisfaction12saitsfaction12satifsaction12satisafction12satisfacction13satisfaciton12satisfactino12satisfactionn13
Misspelling Variants of "satisfaction"

Frequency rank: #4,802 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "satisfaction"?
"satisfaction" is spelled S-A-T-I-S-F-A-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.tis.fak.sjɔ̃\.
What does "satisfaction" mean?
As a noun, "satisfaction" means: Contentement, plaisir que nous éprouvons quand les choses sont telles que nous pouvons les souhaiter.
What words are commonly confused with "satisfaction"?
"satisfaction" is commonly confused with "satisfactions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "satisfaction"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "satisfaction" is \sa.tis.fak.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "satisfaction" come from?
"satisfaction" 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.