ascension

/\a.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,277

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

ascension is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de monter, de s’élever. Pronounced \a.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #7,277 in French word frequency. Often confused with ascensions and accession.

Key facts for ascension
PropertyValue
Headwordascension
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,277
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ascension is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,277 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for ascension, with forms such as "acsension", "asccension", and "ascenison". 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, "ascensions", "accession", 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 ascension, spelled A-S-C-E-N-S-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 de monter, de s’élever.
  2. 2
    Action de gravir une montagne.
  3. 3
    Point de l’équateur qui se lève en même temps qu’un astre dans la sphère droite ou dans la sphère oblique.
  4. 4
    Élévation d’une personne vers le ciel.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acsension,asccension,ascenison,ascennsion,ascensino,ascensionn,ascensoin,ascenssion,ascesnion,ascnesion,asecnsion,asscension,sacension

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ascension

Misspelling Variants of "ascension"

acsension9asccension10ascenison9ascennsion10ascensino9ascensionn10ascensoin9ascenssion10
Misspelling Variants of "ascension"

Frequency rank: #7,277 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ascension"?
"ascension" is spelled A-S-C-E-N-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃\.
What does "ascension" mean?
As a noun, "ascension" means: Action de monter, de s’élever.
What words are commonly confused with "ascension"?
"ascension" is commonly confused with "ascensions", "accession". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ascension"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ascension" is \a.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ascension" come from?
"ascension" 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.