commotion

\kɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“commotion” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,142. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,142
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Secousse violente.

Corpus desk

Index FR-commotion · commotion · French

commotion · rank #23,142 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,142
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH common

Nearest frequency peer: common (-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 « commotion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « commotion » 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).

commotion vs communion
78% similar

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

Key facts for commotion
PropertyValue
Headwordcommotion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,142
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « commotion »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).commotionse 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 « common » (#23,141), « Comores » (#23,143), « collent » (#23,140). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « commotion » est au #23,142. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around commotion (IPA \kɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,142 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for commotion, with forms such as "ccommotion", "cmomotion", and "commoiton". 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 also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "communion", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is commotion, spelled C-O-M-M-O-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Secousse violente.
  2. 2
    Violent ébranlement des centres nerveux, causé par une chute ou par quelque coup.
  3. 3
    Secousse plus ou moins violente que l’on éprouve par une décharge électrique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — Quelque méprisés et déchus qu’ils fussent ordinairement, les Anglo-Saxons, par leur force numérique, devenaient nécessairement formidables dans les commotions civiles qui menaçaient l’État, ….
  2. Or, quand les yeux de cette femme rencontrèrent les yeux clairs et luisants de cet homme, elle éprouva dans l'âme un frisson semblable à la commotion qui nous saisit à l'aspect d'un reptile ou lorsque nous touchons à une bouteille de Leyde.

This word in other languages

concussion(English)Gehirnerschütterung(Deutsch)comoção(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommotion
  • cmomotion
  • commoiton
  • commotino
  • commotionn
  • commotoin
  • commottion
  • commtoion
  • comomtion
  • comotion
  • ocmmotion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccommotion1cmomotion2commoiton2commotino2commotionn1commotoin2commottion1commtoion2
Edit distance from "commotion"

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 "commotion"?
"commotion" is spelled C-O-M-M-O-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃\.
What does "commotion" mean?
As a noun, "commotion" means: Secousse violente.
What words are commonly confused with "commotion"?
"commotion" is commonly confused with "communion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commotion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commotion" is \kɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commotion" come from?
"commotion" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Conakry11 variantscasanova11 variantsburgers11 variantsbouscule11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list