confrontations

\kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“confrontations” has 22 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,677. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,677
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
22
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de confrontation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-confrontations · confrontations · French

confrontations · rank #20,677 · 22 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #20,677
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 22 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH condo

Nearest frequency peer: condo (-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 « confrontations »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « confrontations » 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).

confrontations vs confrontation
93% similar

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

Key facts for confrontations
PropertyValue
Headwordconfrontations
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#20,677
Misspellings tracked22
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « confrontations »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.confrontationsse 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 « condo » (#20,676), « convoqués » (#20,678), « concerto » (#20,675). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « confrontations » est au #20,677. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around confrontations (IPA \kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,677 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de confrontation.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for confrontations, with forms such as "cconfrontations", "cnofrontations", and "cofnrontations". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "confrontation", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is confrontations, spelled C-O-N-F-R-O-N-T-A-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de confrontation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Nous allons procéder malgré vos dénégations, à des confrontations qui pourront diminuer votre assurance.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconfrontations
  • cnofrontations
  • cofnrontations
  • conffrontations
  • conforntations
  • confrnotations
  • confronattions
  • confronntations
  • confrontaitons
  • confrontatinos
  • confrontationns
  • confrontationss
  • confrontatiosn
  • confrontatoins
  • confrontattions
  • confronttaions
  • confronttations
  • confrotnations
  • confrrontations
  • connfrontations
  • conrfontations
  • ocnfrontations

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconfrontations1cnofrontations2cofnrontations2conffrontations1conforntations2confrnotations2confronattions2confronntations1
Edit distance from "confrontations"

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 "confrontations"?
"confrontations" is spelled C-O-N-F-R-O-N-T-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "confrontations" mean?
As a noun, "confrontations" means: Pluriel de confrontation.
What words are commonly confused with "confrontations"?
"confrontations" is commonly confused with "confrontation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confrontations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confrontations" is \kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confrontations" come from?
"confrontations" 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 "confrontations", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

régularisation#20,559rigoureusement#20,551périodiquement#20,830expérimentales#20,442

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).

symboliquement22 variantsrebondissements22 variantsgéolocalisation22 variantsmerveilleusement22 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list