circonscription

/\siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

15 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,227

in French word usage

Misspellings

24

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

circonscription is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de circonscrire. Pronounced \siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #5,227 in French word frequency. Often confused with circonscriptions.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of circonscription in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for circonscription is 15 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,227 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for circonscription, with forms such as "ccirconscription", "cicronscription", and "circconscription". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "circonscriptions", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is circonscription, spelled C-I-R-C-O-N-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

This word in other languages

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for circonscription

Misspelling Variants of "circonscription"

ccirconscription16cicronscription15circconscription16circnoscription15circoncsription15circonnscription16circonsccription16circonscirption15
Misspelling Variants of "circonscription"

Frequency rank: #5,227 in French

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?
"circonscription" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.