addition

\a.di.sjɔ̃\

/\a.di.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“addition” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,776. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,776
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-addition · addition · French

addition · rank #9,776 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,776
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accrue

Nearest frequency peer: accrue (-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 « addition »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « addition » 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).

addition vs adoption
75% similar
addition vs ambition
75% similar
addition vs audition
88% similar

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

Key facts for addition
PropertyValue
Headwordaddition
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.di.sjɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,776
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « addition »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).additionse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « accrue » (#9,775), « affirmant » (#9,777), « abords » (#9,774). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « addition » est au #9,776. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around addition (IPA \a.di.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,776 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for addition, with forms such as "addiiton", "additino", and "additionn". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "adoption", "ambition", "audition", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is addition, spelled A-D-D-I-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’ajouter.
  2. 2
    Relation faisant correspondre à deux objets mathématiques (en arithmétique deux nombres) un troisième appelé somme (dans le cas des nombres mesurant des quantités, on parle aussi de total).
  3. 3
    Ce qu’on ajoute à quelque chose ; ajout.
  4. 4
    Ajout de dates, citations, petites notes, etc., en marge d’un texte.
  5. 5
    Note de la dépense qu’on a faite dans un restaurant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans ce cas, l’addition d'un acaricide à l’aphicide ajoute donc de façon toujours significative 20,1 % de production.
  2. Il ne sait encore que l’addition.

This word in other languages

addition(English)adición(Español)Addition(Deutsch)adição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addiiton
  • additino
  • additionn
  • additoin
  • addittion
  • addtiion
  • adidtion
  • adition
  • dadition

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

addiiton2additino2additionn1additoin2addittion1addtiion2adidtion2adition1
Edit distance from "addition"

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 "addition"?
"addition" is spelled A-D-D-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.di.sjɔ̃\.
What does "addition" mean?
As a noun, "addition" means: Action d’ajouter.
What words are commonly confused with "addition"?
"addition" is commonly confused with "adoption", "ambition", "audition". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "addition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "addition" is \a.di.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "addition" come from?
"addition" 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 "addition", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

artifice#9,780éphémère#9,771égyptien#9,770atomique#9,784

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

abords9 variantséquipée9 variantsvisent9 variantsverront9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list