coercition

\kɔ.ɛʁ.si.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ.ɛʁ.si.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“coercition” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,732. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,732
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pouvoir officiel de contraindre quelqu’un (à faire quelque chose, ou à le faire d’une certaine façon, ou à ne pas le faire du tout).

Corpus desk

Index FR-coercition · coercition · French

coercition · rank #37,732 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,732
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH codification

Nearest frequency peer: codification (-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 « coercition »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coercition » 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
Key facts for coercition
PropertyValue
Headwordcoercition
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.ɛʁ.si.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#37,732
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coercition »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.coercitionse 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 « codification » (#37,731), « coincées » (#37,733), « cochonneries » (#37,730). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coercition » est au #37,732. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around coercition (IPA \kɔ.ɛʁ.si.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,732 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for coercition, with forms such as "ccoercition", "ceorcition", and "coecrition". 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. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is coercition, spelled C-O-E-R-C-I-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pouvoir officiel de contraindre quelqu’un (à faire quelque chose, ou à le faire d’une certaine façon, ou à ne pas le faire du tout).
  2. 2
    Action exercée contre quelqu’un pour le forcer à agir d’une certaine façon.
  3. 3
    Transtypage, conversion d’une valeur d’un type en une valeur d’un autre type de données.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le printemps dernier, le gouvernement suédois s’est distingué en refusant d’adopter un confinement généralisé pour préconiser en lieu et place de simples "recommandations" sanitaires, sans mesure de coercition à la clé.
  2. Le droit de coercition est un des attributs de la justice.

Antonyms

incoercition

This word in other languages

coercion(English)coerción(Español)Nötigung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoercition
  • ceorcition
  • coecrition
  • coerccition
  • coerciiton
  • coercitino
  • coercitionn
  • coercitoin
  • coercittion
  • coerctiion
  • coeriction
  • coerrcition
  • corecition
  • ocercition

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coercition - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccoercition1ceorcition2coecrition2coerccition1coerciiton2coercitino2coercitionn1coercitoin2
Edit distance from "coercition"

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 "coercition"?
"coercition" is spelled C-O-E-R-C-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ɛʁ.si.sjɔ̃\.
What does "coercition" mean?
As a noun, "coercition" means: Pouvoir officiel de contraindre quelqu’un (à faire quelque chose, ou à le faire d’une certaine façon, ou à ne pas le faire du tout).
What are common misspellings of "coercition"?
Common misspellings include "ccoercition", "ceorcition", "coecrition", "coerccition", "coerciiton". The correct spelling is "coercition".
How do you pronounce "coercition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coercition" is \kɔ.ɛʁ.si.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coercition" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

choisirais#37,726confirmait#37,739consensuel#37,741consolidés#37,742

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

continuelle14 variantscrémation14 variantsdécrypte14 variantsbioéthique14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list