translation

\tʁɑ̃s.la.sjɔ̃\

/\tʁɑ̃s.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“translation” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,525. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,525
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Transport, action par laquelle on fait passer quelque chose d’un lieu à un autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-translation · translation · French

translation · rank #15,525 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,525
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tina

Nearest frequency peer: tina (-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 « translation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « translation » 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).

translation vs transition
82% similar
translation vs transaction
82% similar

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

Key facts for translation
PropertyValue
Headwordtranslation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɑ̃s.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#15,525
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « translation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).translationse 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 « tina » (#15,524), « transportés » (#15,526), « terra » (#15,523). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « translation » est au #15,525. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around translation (IPA \tʁɑ̃s.la.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,525 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for translation, with forms such as "rtanslation", "tarnslation", and "tranlsation". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "transition", "transaction", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is translation, spelled T-R-A-N-S-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Transport, action par laquelle on fait passer quelque chose d’un lieu à un autre.
  2. 2
    Transport, action par laquelle on fait passer quelque chose d’un lieu à un autre.
  3. 3
    Glissement d’un objet sans roulement.
  4. 4
    Déplacement, transition d'un concept à un autre.
  5. 5
    Action de remettre un événement d’un jour à un autre.
  6. 6
    Changement de la catégorie grammaticale d'un mot en une autre catégorie grammaticale, également appelée transfert, conversion ou dérivation impropre.
  7. 7
    Traduction.
  8. 8
    Déplacement sans rotation d’une figure.
  9. 9
    Mappage, mise en correspondance de données d’un type à un autre.
  10. 10
    Transport des reliques d’un saint d’un lieu à un autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Depuis son origine jusqu'à sa translation à Metz, en vertu d’un décret du 12 février 1794, cette école a eu sept commandans en chef: […].
  2. 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.

Synonyms

illationtransferttransfèrementglissement

This word in other languages

translation(English)traslación(Español)translação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtanslation
  • tarnslation
  • tranlsation
  • trannslation
  • transaltion
  • translaiton
  • translatino
  • translationn
  • translatoin
  • translattion
  • transllation
  • transltaion
  • transslation
  • trasnlation
  • trnaslation
  • trranslation
  • ttranslation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of translation - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

rtanslation2tarnslation2tranlsation2trannslation1transaltion2translaiton2translatino2translationn1
Edit distance from "translation"

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 "translation"?
"translation" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃s.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "translation" mean?
As a noun, "translation" means: Transport, action par laquelle on fait passer quelque chose d’un lieu à un autre.
What words are commonly confused with "translation"?
"translation" is commonly confused with "transition", "transaction". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "translation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "translation" is \tʁɑ̃s.la.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "translation" come from?
"translation" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

transportés#15,526secrétaires#15,502abondamment#15,552anarchistes#15,565

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

utilisations17 variantsRothschild17 variantscherchaient17 variantschirurgiens17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list