avions

\a.vjɔ̃\

/\a.vjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“avions” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,507. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,507
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-avions · avions · French

avions · rank #1,507 · 8 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,507
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH autorité

Nearest frequency peer: autorité (-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 « avions »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « avions » 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).

avions vs avis
67% similar
avions vs avon
67% similar
avions vs avons
83% similar

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

Key facts for avions
PropertyValue
Headwordavions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.vjɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,507
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « avions »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).avionsse 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 « autorité » (#1,506), « bus » (#1,508), « assurance » (#1,505). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « avions » est au #1,507. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around avions (IPA \a.vjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,507 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de avion.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for avions, with forms such as "aivons", "avinos", and "avionns". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "avis", "avon", "avons", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct French form is avions, spelled A-V-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de avion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le 1ᵉʳ novembre 1954, Fellag a quatre ans lorsque commence la guerre de libération. Les avions bombardent les villages près de Port-Gueydon, mais cela lui semble un jeu, ces bruits, ces mouvements.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aivons
  • avinos
  • avionns
  • avionss
  • aviosn
  • avoins
  • avvions
  • vaions

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aivons2avinos2avionns1avionss1aviosn2avoins2avvions1vaions2
Edit distance from "avions"

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

agence#1,502savent#1,495entier#1,520retard#1,494

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

lycée8 variantsquitter8 variantschamp8 variantsbeauté8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list