conditionnel

/\kɔ̃.di.sjɔ.nɛl\/ adj

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,161

in French word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

conditionnel is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est soumis à certaines conditions ou subordonné à quelque événement incertain. Pronounced \kɔ̃.di.sjɔ.nɛl\. Often confused with conditionnés and conditionner.

Key facts for conditionnel
PropertyValue
Headwordconditionnel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\kɔ̃.di.sjɔ.nɛl\
Letters12
Frequency rank#24,161
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for conditionnel is 12 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.di.sjɔ.nɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,161 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 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 conditionnel, with forms such as "cconditionnel", "cnoditionnel", and "codnitionnel". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "conditionnés", "conditionner", "conditionnent", and more, 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 conditionnel, spelled C-O-N-D-I-T-I-O-N-N-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est soumis à certaines conditions ou subordonné à quelque événement incertain.
  2. 2
    Qui exprime une condition.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconditionnel,cnoditionnel,codnitionnel,condditionnel,condiitonnel,conditinonel,conditionel,conditionenl,conditionnell,conditionnle,conditoinnel,condittionnel,condtiionnel,conidtionnel,connditionnel,ocnditionnel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for conditionnel

Misspelling Variants of "conditionnel"

cconditionnel13cnoditionnel12codnitionnel12condditionnel13condiitonnel12conditinonel12conditionel11conditionenl12
Misspelling Variants of "conditionnel"

Frequency rank: #24,161 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "conditionnel"?
"conditionnel" is spelled C-O-N-D-I-T-I-O-N-N-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.di.sjɔ.nɛl\.
What does "conditionnel" mean?
As an adj, "conditionnel" means: Qui est soumis à certaines conditions ou subordonné à quelque événement incertain.
What words are commonly confused with "conditionnel"?
"conditionnel" is commonly confused with "conditionnés", "conditionner", "conditionnent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conditionnel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conditionnel" is \kɔ̃.di.sjɔ.nɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conditionnel" come from?
"conditionnel" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.