tentation

\tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“tentation” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,751. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,751
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attrait vers une chose défendue ou déconseillée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tentation · tentation · French

tentation · rank #9,751 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,751
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH techno

Nearest frequency peer: techno (-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 « tentation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tentation » 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).

tentation vs tentative
78% similar
tentation vs tentations
90% similar

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

Key facts for tentation
PropertyValue
Headwordtentation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,751
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tentation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tentationse 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 « techno » (#9,750), « terriblement » (#9,752), « syndicale » (#9,749). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tentation » est au #9,751. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around tentation (IPA \tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,751 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for tentation, with forms such as "etntation", "tenattion", and "tenntation". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "tentative", "tentations", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is tentation, spelled T-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Attrait vers une chose défendue ou déconseillée.
  2. 2
    Mouvement intérieur qui excite l’homme au mal.
  3. 3
    Attirance vers un désir, un plaisir, quelque chose d’agréable à court terme.
  4. 4
    Mouvement par lequel on est porté, sollicité à des choses qui sont d’elles-mêmes indifférentes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Qu’est-ce que la vertu ? Au sens où l’entend son restaurateur, c’est sans doute la probité et le désintéressement, c’est ce genre d’intégrité qui rend un fonctionnaire ou un mandataire inaccessible à toutes les tentations, à toutes les corruptions […].
  2. Il lui avait fallu beaucoup prier ; et il n’était point sûr de n’avoir pas péché par désir ; car comment distinguer la tentation du désir ?

This word in other languages

temptation(English)tentación(Español)Versuchung(Deutsch)tentação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etntation
  • tenattion
  • tenntation
  • tentaiton
  • tentatino
  • tentationn
  • tentatoin
  • tentattion
  • tenttaion
  • tenttation
  • tetnation
  • tnetation
  • ttentation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etntation2tenattion2tenntation1tentaiton2tentatino2tentationn1tentatoin2tentattion1
Edit distance from "tentation"

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 "tentation"?
"tentation" is spelled T-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "tentation" mean?
As a noun, "tentation" means: Attrait vers une chose défendue ou déconseillée.
What words are commonly confused with "tentation"?
"tentation" is commonly confused with "tentative", "tentations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tentation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tentation" is \tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tentation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tentation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

syndicale#9,749terribles#9,753vachement#9,761réclament#9,737

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

rentrent13 variantségyptien13 variantsremparts13 variantsabondance13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list