conscription

\kɔ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“conscription” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,748. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,748
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inscription et levée annuelle des citoyens qui sont appelés au service militaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-conscription · conscription · French

conscription · rank #27,748 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,748
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conjecture

Nearest frequency peer: conjecture (-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 « conscription »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « conscription » 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 conscription
PropertyValue
Headwordconscription
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#27,748
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « conscription »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).conscriptionse 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 « conjecture » (#27,747), « confia » (#27,746), « contaminer » (#27,750). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conscription » est au #27,748. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around conscription (IPA \kɔ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,748 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Inscription et levée annuelle des citoyens qui sont appelés au service militaire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for conscription, with forms such as "cconscription", "cnoscription", and "concsription". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is conscription, spelled C-O-N-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inscription et levée annuelle des citoyens qui sont appelés au service militaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les Forces européennes de défense sont constituées de personnels recrutés par conscription et de personnels de métier ou servant à long terme par engagements volontaires.
  2. Canalis (baron de), Constant Cyr Melchior, membre de l’Académie française, né en 1800, à Canalis (Corrèze), taille de cinq pieds quatre pouces, en très bon état, vacciné, de race pure, a satisfait à la conscription, […].

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconscription
  • cnoscription
  • concsription
  • connscription
  • consccription
  • conscirption
  • conscripiton
  • conscripption
  • conscriptino
  • conscriptionn
  • conscriptoin
  • conscripttion
  • conscritpion
  • conscrpition
  • conscrription
  • consrciption
  • consscription
  • cosncription
  • ocnscription

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconscription1cnoscription2concsription2connscription1consccription1conscirption2conscripiton2conscripption1
Edit distance from "conscription"

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 "conscription"?
"conscription" is spelled C-O-N-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\.
What does "conscription" mean?
As a noun, "conscription" means: Inscription et levée annuelle des citoyens qui sont appelés au service militaire.
What are common misspellings of "conscription"?
Common misspellings include "cconscription", "cnoscription", "concsription", "connscription", "consccription". The correct spelling is "conscription".
How do you pronounce "conscription"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conscription" is \kɔ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conscription" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list