circonscription

\siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\

/\siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“circonscription” has 24 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,227. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,227
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
24
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-circonscription · circonscription · French

circonscription · rank #5,227 · 24 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,227
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 24 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Christine

Nearest frequency peer: Christine (-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 « circonscription »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « circonscription » 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).

circonscription vs circonscriptions
94% similar

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

Key facts for circonscription
PropertyValue
Headwordcirconscription
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\
Letters15
Frequency rank#5,227
Misspellings tracked24
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « circonscription »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.circonscriptionse 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 « Christine » (#5,226), « colis » (#5,228), « Chirurgie » (#5,225). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « circonscription » est au #5,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 24 spelling variants around circonscription (IPA \siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,227 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for circonscription, with forms such as "ccirconscription", "cicronscription", and "circconscription". 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, "circonscriptions", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is circonscription, spelled C-I-R-C-O-N-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de circonscrire.
  2. 2
    Action de circonscrire une figure à un cercle.
  3. 3
    Divisions administratives, militaires ou ecclésiastiques d’un territoire.
  4. 4
    Division électorale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tour à tour acheteurs, producteurs et vendeurs, ils ne sortent pas de leurs éléments ; possèdent la plupart le jargon hippique et connaissent sur le bout du doigt la généalogie de tous les produits de la circonscription ; […]
  2. S'il n'y a qu'une circonscription nationale, comprenant tous les sièges, et que ces sièges sont tous attribués au parti qui a obtenu le plus de votes, le système sera tout à fait disproportionnel.

This word in other languages

circumscription(English)circunscripción(Español)Wahlkreis(Deutsch)circunscrição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccirconscription
  • cicronscription
  • circconscription
  • circnoscription
  • circoncsription
  • circonnscription
  • circonsccription
  • circonscirption
  • circonscripiton
  • circonscripption
  • circonscriptino
  • circonscriptionn
  • circonscriptoin
  • circonscripttion
  • circonscritpion
  • circonscrpition
  • circonscrription
  • circonsrciption
  • circonsscription
  • circosncription
  • cirocnscription
  • cirrconscription
  • criconscription
  • icrconscription

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccirconscription1cicronscription2circconscription1circnoscription2circoncsription2circonnscription1circonsccription1circonscirption2
Edit distance from "circonscription"

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 "circonscription"?
"circonscription" is spelled C-I-R-C-O-N-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\.
What does "circonscription" mean?
As a noun, "circonscription" means: Action de circonscrire.
What words are commonly confused with "circonscription"?
"circonscription" is commonly confused with "circonscriptions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "circonscription"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "circonscription" is \siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "circonscription" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (24 here; floor ≥5).

infrastructures24 variantsresponsabilités24 variantscomplémentaires24 variantsenregistrements24 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list