attraction

\a.tʁak.sjɔ̃\

/\a.tʁak.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“attraction” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,655. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,655
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-attraction · attraction · French

attraction · rank #7,655 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,655
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aurions

Nearest frequency peer: aurions (+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 « attraction »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « attraction » 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).

attraction vs attractive
80% similar
attraction vs attractions
91% similar
attraction vs attractif
80% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « attraction »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).attractionse 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 « aurions » (#7,656), « appuyant » (#7,653), « automobiles » (#7,657). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « attraction » est au #7,655. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around attraction (IPA \a.tʁak.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,655 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for attraction, with forms such as "atraction", "atrtaction", and "attarction". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "attractive", "attractions", "attractif", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is attraction, spelled A-T-T-R-A-C-T-I-O-N.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. N’est-il pas étrange, ou plutôt fatal, qu’une irrésistible attraction fasse toujours graviter ces criminels autour du formidable tribunal qui les condamne à la prison, au bagne, à l’échafaud !
  2. L’attraction du fer par l’aimant.

Antonyms

répulsion

This word in other languages

attraction(English)atracción(Español)Anziehung(Deutsch)atração(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atraction
  • atrtaction
  • attarction
  • attracction
  • attraciton
  • attractino
  • attractionn
  • attractoin
  • attracttion
  • attratcion
  • attrcation
  • attrraction
  • tatraction

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

atraction1atrtaction2attarction2attracction1attraciton2attractino2attractionn1attractoin2
Edit distance from "attraction"

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 "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

avortement#7,660économiser#7,640consultant#7,673soumission#7,629

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

alimenter13 variantsdirective13 variantsenchères13 variantsGuadeloupe13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list