actions

\ak.sjɔ̃\

/\ak.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“actions” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,051. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,051
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-actions · actions · French

actions · rank #1,051 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,051
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH vacances

Nearest frequency peer: vacances (-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 « actions »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « actions » 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).

actions vs avions
71% similar
actions vs aurions
71% similar
actions vs actives
71% similar

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

Key facts for actions
PropertyValue
Headwordactions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ak.sjɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,051
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « actions »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.actionsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vacances » (#1,050), « al » (#1,052), « utilisé » (#1,049). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « actions » est au #1,051. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around actions (IPA \ak.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,051 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de action.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for actions, with forms such as "acctions", "acitons", and "actinos". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "avions", "aurions", "actives", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is actions, spelled A-C-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de action.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Aussi le bélier avait-il besoin d’être protégé des actions des assiégés : il était donc habituellement couvert par un chat ou manteau.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acctions
  • acitons
  • actinos
  • actionns
  • actionss
  • actiosn
  • actoins
  • acttions
  • atcions
  • cations

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acctions1acitons2actinos2actionns1actionss1actiosn2actoins2acttions1
Edit distance from "actions"

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 "actions"?
"actions" is spelled A-C-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ak.sjɔ̃\.
What does "actions" mean?
As a noun, "actions" means: Pluriel de action.
What words are commonly confused with "actions"?
"actions" is commonly confused with "avions", "aurions", "actives". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "actions"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "actions" is \ak.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "actions" come from?
"actions" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

utilisé#1,049soutien#1,046secteur#1,045respect#1,043

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

gestion10 variantsmesures10 variantsmètres10 variantsmauvaise10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list