stérilisation
\ste.ʁi.li.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“stérilisation” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,036
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de stériliser ou résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sterilisation · stérilisation · French
stérilisation · rank #23,036 · 20 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #23,036
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH stylos
Nearest frequency peer: stylos (-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 « stérilisation »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Spielberg
Spielberg
76,968 corpus weight
- spontanéité
spontanéité
76,967 corpus weight
- stylos
stylos
76,966 corpus weight
- stérilisati…
stérilisation
76,965 corpus weight
- Sulpice
Sulpice
76,964 corpus weight
- supporteurs
supporteurs
76,963 corpus weight
What this shows « stérilisation » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stérilisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ste.ʁi.li.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #23,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « stérilisation »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around stérilisation (IPA \ste.ʁi.li.za.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,036 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de stériliser ou résultat de cette action.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for stérilisation, with forms such as "sstérilisation", "sterilisation", and "stréilisation". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "stabilisation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is stérilisation, spelled S-T-É-R-I-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de stériliser ou résultat de cette action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stérilisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la laiterie, les technologies utilisables pour la conservation du lait sont … la stérilisation qui consiste à chauffer le lait à 110-120°C pendant 15-30 minutes ou à 135-140°C pendant 2-4 secondes (lait UHT). — (Cirad/Gret/MAE, Mémento de l'Agronome, 1 692 pages, page 1307, 2002, Paris, France, Cirad/Gret/Ministère des Affaires Étrangères)
Il n’y a pas de stérilisation possible des instruments; le verre d’eau du robinet où trempent les abaisse-langues; la gamelle d’aluminium contenant l’huile à lubrifier les spéculums, huile qui est renouvelée tous les trois jours,…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sstérilisation
- sterilisation
- stréilisation
- sttérilisation
- stéirlisation
- stériilsation
- stériliastion
- stérilisaiton
- stérilisatino
- stérilisationn
- stérilisatoin
- stérilisattion
- stérilissation
- stérilistaion
- stérillisation
- stérilsiation
- stérliisation
- stérrilisation
- sétrilisation
- tsérilisation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stérilisation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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