actionner

\ak.sjɔ.ne\

/\ak.sjɔ.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“actionner” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,536. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,536
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre en mouvement une machine, un appareil, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-actionner · actionner · French

actionner · rank #33,536 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #33,536
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accrochez

Nearest frequency peer: accrochez (-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 « actionner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « actionner » 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).

actionner vs actionne
89% similar

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

Key facts for actionner
PropertyValue
Headwordactionner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ak.sjɔ.ne\
Letters9
Frequency rank#33,536
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « actionner »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.actionnerse 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 « accrochez » (#33,535), « adjacentes » (#33,537), « accordera » (#33,534). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « actionner » est au #33,536. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around actionner (IPA \ak.sjɔ.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,536 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for actionner, with forms such as "acctionner", "acitonner", and "actinoner". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "actionne", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is actionner, spelled A-C-T-I-O-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre en mouvement une machine, un appareil, etc.
  2. 2
    Poursuivre en justice.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le tambour est fixé au moyen de bras à un arbre horizontal qui est actionné par les moyens connus.
  2. S’il ne paie pas, il faudra le faire actionner, l’actionner.

This word in other languages

activate(English)accionar(Español)antreiben(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acctionner
  • acitonner
  • actinoner
  • actionenr
  • actioner
  • actionnerr
  • actionnre
  • actoinner
  • acttionner
  • atcionner
  • cationner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acctionner1acitonner2actinoner2actionenr2actioner1actionnerr1actionnre2actoinner2
Edit distance from "actionner"

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 "actionner"?
"actionner" is spelled A-C-T-I-O-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ak.sjɔ.ne\.
What does "actionner" mean?
As a verb, "actionner" means: Mettre en mouvement une machine, un appareil, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "actionner"?
"actionner" is commonly confused with "actionne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "actionner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "actionner" is \ak.sjɔ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "actionner" come from?
"actionner" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

accrochez#33,535accordera#33,534agacement#33,539aphrodite#33,544

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

éponges11 variantsanormaux11 variantsélogieux11 variantsardents11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list