combinaison

/\kɔ̃.bi.nɛ.zɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,737

in French word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

combinaison is aFrenchnoun. It means: Assemblage de plusieurs choses disposées deux à deux, ou de plusieurs choses disposées entre elles dans un certain ordre. Pronounced \kɔ̃.bi.nɛ.zɔ̃\. It ranks #4,737 in French word frequency. Often confused with combinaisons.

Key facts for combinaison
PropertyValue
Headwordcombinaison
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.bi.nɛ.zɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#4,737
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for combinaison is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.bi.nɛ.zɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,737 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for combinaison, with forms such as "ccombinaison", "cmobinaison", and "cobminaison". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "combinaisons", 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 combinaison, spelled C-O-M-B-I-N-A-I-S-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Assemblage de plusieurs choses disposées deux à deux, ou de plusieurs choses disposées entre elles dans un certain ordre.
  2. 2
    Mesures, calculs par lesquels on prépare le succès de quelque affaire.
  3. 3
    Acte par lequel deux ou plusieurs matières s’unissent pour former un composé doué de propriétés différentes.
  4. 4
    Sous-vêtement féminin d’une seule pièce, maintenu par des bretelles aux épaules et habillant le corps jusqu’aux genoux.
  5. 5
    Vêtement d’une seule pièce habillant le corps.
  6. 6
    Collection non ordonnée d’éléments d’un ensemble.
  7. 7
    Collection non ordonnée d’éléments d’un ensemble.
  8. 8
    Collection non ordonnée d’éléments d’un ensemble.
  9. 9
    Vêtement de corps couvrant de la taille aux chevilles, porté tout particulièrement pour l'extérieur en hiver. Note: Ce mot est souvent employé au pluriel, même pour une seule pièce de vêtement.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccombinaison,cmobinaison,cobminaison,combbinaison,combianison,combinaiosn,combinaisno,combinaisonn,combinaisson,combinasion,combiniason,combinnaison,combniaison,comibnaison,commbinaison,ocmbinaison

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for combinaison

Misspelling Variants of "combinaison"

ccombinaison12cmobinaison11cobminaison11combbinaison12combianison11combinaiosn11combinaisno11combinaisonn12
Misspelling Variants of "combinaison"

Frequency rank: #4,737 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "combinaison"?
"combinaison" is spelled C-O-M-B-I-N-A-I-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.bi.nɛ.zɔ̃\.
What does "combinaison" mean?
As a noun, "combinaison" means: Assemblage de plusieurs choses disposées deux à deux, ou de plusieurs choses disposées entre elles dans un certain ordre.
What words are commonly confused with "combinaison"?
"combinaison" is commonly confused with "combinaisons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "combinaison"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "combinaison" is \kɔ̃.bi.nɛ.zɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "combinaison" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.