absolution

\ap.sɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\

/\ap.sɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“absolution” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,257. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,257
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’absoudre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-absolution · absolution · French

absolution · rank #32,257 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,257
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abside

Nearest frequency peer: abside (-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 « absolution »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « absolution » 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).

absolution vs absorption
80% similar
absolution vs abolition
80% similar

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

Key facts for absolution
PropertyValue
Headwordabsolution
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ap.sɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#32,257
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « absolution »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).absolutionse 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 « abside » (#32,256), « addictions » (#32,258), « abrogé » (#32,255). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « absolution » est au #32,257. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around absolution (IPA \ap.sɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,257 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for absolution, with forms such as "abbsolution", "aboslution", and "absloution". 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, "absorption", "abolition", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is absolution, spelled A-B-S-O-L-U-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’absoudre.
  2. 2
    Jugement qui renvoie de l’accusation un accusé auteur d’un fait qui n’est puni par aucune loi.
  3. 3
    Sentence passée sur un accusé reconnu coupable, en vertu de laquelle celui-ci est réputé ne pas avoir commis de crime; peut être inconditionnelle ou conditionnelle.
  4. 4
    Action par laquelle le prêtre remet les péchés en vertu des paroles sacramentelles qu’il prononce.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "Laurence, lui demandai-je assez lâchement, vous m'en voulez donc à ce point ?" […] "Si je comprends bien, dit-elle, vous me demandez une absolution. Votre vertu rétamée ne suffit pas à vous rassurer, ni le pardon de votre Dieu - car il vous a sûrement pardonné, n'est-ce pas ?"
  2. Hector fit un geste d'absolution, onctueux comme un prélat, plus dissimulé qu'un Tartuffe et soulagea Arsène André de sa présence.

This word in other languages

absolution(English)absolución(Español)Absolution(Deutsch)absolvição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbsolution
  • aboslution
  • absloution
  • absollution
  • absoltuion
  • absoluiton
  • absolutino
  • absolutionn
  • absolutoin
  • absoluttion
  • absoultion
  • abssolution
  • asbolution
  • basolution

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abbsolution1aboslution2absloution2absollution1absoltuion2absoluiton2absolutino2absolutionn1
Edit distance from "absolution"

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 "absolution"?
"absolution" is spelled A-B-S-O-L-U-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ap.sɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\.
What does "absolution" mean?
As a noun, "absolution" means: Action d’absoudre.
What words are commonly confused with "absolution"?
"absolution" is commonly confused with "absorption", "abolition". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "absolution"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "absolution" is \ap.sɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "absolution" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

addictions#32,258émergentes#32,249Wurtemberg#32,242Westphalie#32,241

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

affirmative14 variantsémanciper14 variantsbalthazar14 variantsTalleyrand14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list