attraction

/\a.tʁak.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,655

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

attraction is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action d’attirer. Pronounced \a.tʁak.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #7,655 in French word frequency. Often confused with attractive and attractions.

Key facts for attraction
PropertyValue
Headwordattraction
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.tʁak.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,655
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for attraction is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.tʁak.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,655 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 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 attraction, with forms such as "atraction", "atrtaction", and "attarction". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "attractive", "attractions", "attractif", and more, 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 attraction, spelled A-T-T-R-A-C-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’attirer.
  2. 2
    Ce qui attire la foule, notamment les spectacles, les divertissements, etc.
  3. 3
    Tendance des corps célestes à s’attirer les uns les autres.
  4. 4
    Action mutuelle que tous les corps sont supposés exercer les uns sur les autres.
  5. 5
    Modification d’une lettre ou d’une tournure par l’influence d’une lettre ou d’une tournure voisine.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atraction,atrtaction,attarction,attracction,attraciton,attractino,attractionn,attractoin,attracttion,attratcion,attrcation,attrraction,tatraction

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for attraction

Misspelling Variants of "attraction"

atraction9atrtaction10attarction10attracction11attraciton10attractino10attractionn11attractoin10
Misspelling Variants of "attraction"

Frequency rank: #7,655 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "attraction"?
"attraction" is spelled A-T-T-R-A-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tʁak.sjɔ̃\.
What does "attraction" mean?
As a noun, "attraction" means: Action d’attirer.
What words are commonly confused with "attraction"?
"attraction" is commonly confused with "attractive", "attractions", "attractif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "attraction"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attraction" is \a.tʁak.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "attraction" come from?
"attraction" 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.