sédimentation

\se.di.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\se.di.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“sédimentation” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,635. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,635
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Formation de sédiments ; ensemble des phénomènes qui conduisent à la formation et au dépôt d’un sédiment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sedimentation · sédimentation · French

sédimentation · rank #47,635 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #47,635
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH séminaristes

Nearest frequency peer: séminaristes (+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 « sédimentation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sédimentation » 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).

sédimentation vs segmentation
77% similar

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

Key facts for sédimentation
PropertyValue
Headwordsédimentation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\se.di.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#47,635
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sédimentation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sédimentationse 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 « séminaristes » (#47,636), « synonymie » (#47,633), « sérénade » (#47,637). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sédimentation » est au #47,635. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around sédimentation (IPA \se.di.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,635 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Formation de sédiments ; ensemble des phénomènes qui conduisent à la formation et au dépôt d’un sédiment.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for sédimentation, with forms such as "sdéimentation", "sedimentation", and "ssédimentation". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "segmentation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sédimentation, spelled S-É-D-I-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Formation de sédiments ; ensemble des phénomènes qui conduisent à la formation et au dépôt d’un sédiment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette sédimentation organique, jointe aux apports de terre provenant de l’écroulement des berges sous les pieds des bestiaux, amène un asséchement progressif des noues.
  2. L’érosion et la sédimentation glaciaires avaient laissé de nombreux points tourbeux parfois à des altitudes assez basses.

This word in other languages

sedimentation(English)Sedimentation(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sdéimentation
  • sedimentation
  • ssédimentation
  • séddimentation
  • sédiemntation
  • sédimenattion
  • sédimenntation
  • sédimentaiton
  • sédimentatino
  • sédimentationn
  • sédimentatoin
  • sédimentattion
  • sédimenttaion
  • sédimenttation
  • sédimetnation
  • sédimmentation
  • sédimnetation
  • sédmientation
  • séidmentation
  • ésdimentation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sdéimentation2sedimentation1ssédimentation1séddimentation1sédiemntation2sédimenattion2sédimenntation1sédimentaiton2
Edit distance from "sédimentation"

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 "sédimentation"?
"sédimentation" is spelled S-É-D-I-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \se.di.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "sédimentation" mean?
As a noun, "sédimentation" means: Formation de sédiments ; ensemble des phénomènes qui conduisent à la formation et au dépôt d’un sédiment.
What words are commonly confused with "sédimentation"?
"sédimentation" is commonly confused with "segmentation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sédimentation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sédimentation" is \se.di.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sédimentation" come from?
"sédimentation" 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 "sédimentation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

triangulation#47,660scénaristique#47,603accumulateurs#47,711préfiguration#47,539

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

recommandables20 variantsmélancoliques20 variantsconflictuelles20 variantsdisproportion20 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list