absorption

/\ap.sɔʁp.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,090

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

absorption is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action d’absorber. Pronounced \ap.sɔʁp.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with assomption and absolution.

Key facts for absorption
PropertyValue
Headwordabsorption
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ap.sɔʁp.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#12,090
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of absorption in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for absorption is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ap.sɔʁp.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,090 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for absorption, with forms such as "abbsorption", "abosrption", and "absoprtion". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "assomption", "absolution", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is absorption, spelled A-B-S-O-R-P-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’absorber.
  2. 2
    Fonction par laquelle les êtres organisés attirent à eux et pompent les fluides qui les environnent ou qui sont exhalés intérieurement.
  3. 3
    Repas offert chaque année aux anciens de l’École polytechnique par la promotion nouvelle. On y absorbe assez de choses pour justifier le nom de la solennité.
  4. 4
    Transformation d'énergie rayonnante en une autre forme d'énergie par interaction avec la matière. (Commission Internationale de l'Éclairage).
  5. 5
    Pénétration d’un agent toxique dans l’organisme par une voie d’exposition (cutanée, digestive, respiratoire, etc.), précédant sa distribution dans les tissus.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbsorption,abosrption,absoprtion,absorpiton,absorpption,absorptino,absorptionn,absorptoin,absorpttion,absorrption,absortpion,absroption,abssorption,asborption,basorption

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for absorption

Misspelling Variants of "absorption"

abbsorption11abosrption10absoprtion10absorpiton10absorpption11absorptino10absorptionn11absorptoin10
Misspelling Variants of "absorption"

Frequency rank: #12,090 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "absorption"?
"absorption" is spelled A-B-S-O-R-P-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ap.sɔʁp.sjɔ̃\.
What does "absorption" mean?
As a noun, "absorption" means: Action d’absorber.
What words are commonly confused with "absorption"?
"absorption" is commonly confused with "assomption", "absolution". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "absorption"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "absorption" is \ap.sɔʁp.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "absorption" come from?
"absorption" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.