cautionnement

Name: cautionnement, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ko.sjɔn.mɑ̃\

/\ko.sjɔn.mɑ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“cautionnement” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,662. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,662
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contrat par lequel la caution s’oblige.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cautionnement · cautionnement · French

cautionnement · rank #40,662 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #40,662
LEN-MEGA 13 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH Caumont

Nearest frequency peer: Caumont (-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.

catimini

59,342
catégorisat…

59,341
Caumont

59,340
cautionneme…

59,339
CBD

59,338
centaure

59,337

What this shows « cautionnement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cautionnement vs cantonnement

85% similar

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

Key facts for cautionnement
Property	Value
Headword	cautionnement
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ko.sjɔn.mɑ̃\
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#40,662
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cautionnement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cautionnementse place ici:

#40,662

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Caumont » (#40,661), « CBD » (#40,663), « catégorisation » (#40,660). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cautionnement » est au #40,662. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around cautionnement (IPA \ko.sjɔn.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,662 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for cautionnement, with forms such as "acutionnement", "catuionnement", and "cauitonnement". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cantonnement", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cautionnement, spelled C-A-U-T-I-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

1
Contrat par lequel la caution s’oblige.
2
Acte même qui constate l’existence de ce contrat.
3
Gage ou somme que les lois obligent certaines personnes à déposer comme garantie de la responsabilité à laquelle elles sont soumises.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Le cautionnement ne se présume point ; il doit être exprès, et on ne peut pas l'étendre au-delà des limites dans lesquelles il a été contracté.
Elle diffère du cautionnement, engagement accessoire, car il n’est pas nécessaire de prouver l’inexécution de l’obligation garantie pour obtenir son paiement.

Synonyms

caution cautionnage

This word in other languages

suretyship(English)fianza(Español)Bürgschaft(Deutsch)fiança(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

acutionnement
catuionnement
cauitonnement
cautinonement
cautionement
cautionenment
cautionneemnt
cautionnemennt
cautionnementt
cautionnemetn
cautionnemment
cautionnemnet
cautionnmeent
cautoinnement
cauttionnement
ccautionnement
cuationnement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "cautionnement"

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 "cautionnement"?

"cautionnement" is spelled C-A-U-T-I-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ko.sjɔn.mɑ̃\.

What does "cautionnement" mean?

As a noun, "cautionnement" means: Contrat par lequel la caution s’oblige.

What words are commonly confused with "cautionnement"?

"cautionnement" is commonly confused with "cantonnement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "cautionnement"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cautionnement" is \ko.sjɔn.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "cautionnement" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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