cohésion

\kɔ.e.zjɔ̃\

/\kɔ.e.zjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“cohésion” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,290. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,290
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Force par laquelle les parties d’un corps adhèrent entre elles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cohesion · cohésion · French

cohésion · rank #9,290 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,290
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chères

Nearest frequency peer: chères (-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 « cohésion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cohésion » 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 cohésion
PropertyValue
Headwordcohésion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.e.zjɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,290
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cohésion »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cohésionse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chères » (#9,289), « chargement » (#9,288), « compatriotes » (#9,292). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cohésion » est au #9,290. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around cohésion (IPA \kɔ.e.zjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,290 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cohésion, with forms such as "ccohésion", "choésion", and "cohesion". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cohésion, spelled C-O-H-É-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Force par laquelle les parties d’un corps adhèrent entre elles.
  2. 2
    Fait de rester ensemble, unis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La cohésion est plus forte dans les corps solides que dans les corps liquides.
  2. Mais ce territoire d’un demi-million de kilomètres carrés de surface, dont la population est estimée à une dizaine de millions d’habitants, est loin d’avoir la cohésion d’un État européen, et l’autorité effective des sultans ne s’est jamais étendue qu’à un tiers, tout au plus, du Maroc.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccohésion
  • choésion
  • cohesion
  • cohhésion
  • cohséion
  • cohéison
  • cohésino
  • cohésionn
  • cohésoin
  • cohéssion
  • coéhsion
  • ochésion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cohésion - 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.

ccohésion1choésion2cohesion1cohhésion1cohséion2cohéison2cohésino2cohésionn1
Edit distance from "cohésion"

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 "cohésion"?
"cohésion" is spelled C-O-H-É-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.e.zjɔ̃\.
What does "cohésion" mean?
As a noun, "cohésion" means: Force par laquelle les parties d’un corps adhèrent entre elles.
What are common misspellings of "cohésion"?
Common misspellings include "ccohésion", "choésion", "cohesion", "cohhésion", "cohséion". The correct spelling is "cohésion".
How do you pronounce "cohésion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cohésion" is \kɔ.e.zjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cohésion" come from?
"cohésion" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list