circoncision

Name: circoncision, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\siʁ.kɔ̃.si.zjɔ̃\

/\siʁ.kɔ̃.si.zjɔ̃\/ noun

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

The verdict

“circoncision” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,484. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,484
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ablation totale ou partielle du prépuce, pour des raisons ou médicales ; acte chirurgical de circoncire un garçon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-circoncision · circoncision · French

circoncision · rank #23,484 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #23,484
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH Clemenceau

Nearest frequency peer: Clemenceau (+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.

chrétienté

76,520
church

76,519
circoncision

76,517
Clemenceau

76,516
cliff

76,515
Cluny

76,514

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

Key facts for circoncision
Property	Value
Headword	circoncision
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\siʁ.kɔ̃.si.zjɔ̃\
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#23,484
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « circoncision »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).circoncisionse place ici:

#23,484

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Clemenceau » (#23,485), « church » (#23,482), « cliff » (#23,486). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « circoncision » est au #23,484. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around circoncision (IPA \siʁ.kɔ̃.si.zjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,484 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for circoncision, with forms such as "ccirconcision", "cicroncision", and "circconcision". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is circoncision, spelled C-I-R-C-O-N-C-I-S-I-O-N.

Definition

1
Ablation totale ou partielle du prépuce, pour des raisons ou médicales ; acte chirurgical de circoncire un garçon.
2
Ablation rituelle du prépuce, symbolisant l’alliance avec Dieu.
3
La fête de la circoncision, ou simplement la circoncision : pour les chrétiens, jour où l’on célèbre la circoncision de Jésus-Christ.
4
En termes d’apologétique constructive, la circoncision du cœur, la circoncision des lèvres : le retranchement des mauvaises pensées, des mauvais désirs, des paroles contraires à la charité ou à la pudeur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

La circoncision est de loin l’ablation la plus pratiquée dans le monde, avec 650 millions de circoncis soit environ 20 % de la population masculine mondiale.
D’un autre côté, parmi les multiples sectes qui étaient englobées sous la désignation de sectes vaudoises, il s’en trouvait, comme celle des Passagiens, qui se réclamaient de leur fidélité à l’Ancien Testament et qui, même, observaient la circoncision et le repos du sabbat.

Synonyms

posthectomieprépucectomie

This word in other languages

circumcision(English)circuncisión(Español)Beschneidung(Deutsch)circuncisão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccirconcision
cicroncision
circconcision
circnocision
circocnision
circonccision
circonciison
circoncisino
circoncisionn
circoncisoin
circoncission
circoncsiion
circonicsion
circonncision
cirocncision
cirrconcision
criconcision
icrconcision

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of circoncision - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "circoncision"

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 "circoncision"?

"circoncision" is spelled C-I-R-C-O-N-C-I-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \siʁ.kɔ̃.si.zjɔ̃\.

What does "circoncision" mean?

As a noun, "circoncision" means: Ablation totale ou partielle du prépuce, pour des raisons ou médicales ; acte chirurgical de circoncire un garçon.

What are common misspellings of "circoncision"?

Common misspellings include "ccirconcision", "cicroncision", "circconcision", "circnocision", "circocnision". The correct spelling is "circoncision".

How do you pronounce "circoncision"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "circoncision" is \siʁ.kɔ̃.si.zjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "circoncision" come from?

"circoncision" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

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