constipation

\kɔ̃s.ti.pa.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃s.ti.pa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“constipation” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,897. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,897
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d’une personne ou d’un animal qui est constipé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-constipation · constipation · French

constipation · rank #31,897 · 18 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,897
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH concis

Nearest frequency peer: concis (-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 « constipation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « constipation » 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).

constipation vs constitution
83% similar
constipation vs conspiration
83% similar
constipation vs constatation
83% similar

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

Key facts for constipation
PropertyValue
Headwordconstipation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃s.ti.pa.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#31,897
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « constipation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).constipationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « concis » (#31,896), « conséquents » (#31,898), « conciliant » (#31,895). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « constipation » est au #31,897. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around constipation (IPA \kɔ̃s.ti.pa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,897 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "État d’une personne ou d’un animal qui est constipé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for constipation, with forms such as "cconstipation", "cnostipation", and "connstipation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "constitution", "conspiration", "constatation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is constipation, spelled C-O-N-S-T-I-P-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    État d’une personne ou d’un animal qui est constipé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La constipation se guérit en insinuant du beurre dans l’anus de l’animal pour amollir la fiente ; la tirer ensuite avec le doigt, ce qui se nomme défienter : suppositoires de savon ; lavemens comme aux tranchées.
  2. De son côté, le vieux Clemenceau, « le Tigre », un fameux soldat lui aussi, rendait grâce à une constipation chronique, sans laquelle, affirmait-il, il n’aurait jamais eu le bonheur de lire les Mémoires de Saint-Simon.

Synonyms

adiarrhée

Antonyms

coliquediarrhée

This word in other languages

constipation(English)estrenimiento(Español)Verstopfung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconstipation
  • cnostipation
  • connstipation
  • consitpation
  • consstipation
  • constiaption
  • constipaiton
  • constipatino
  • constipationn
  • constipatoin
  • constipattion
  • constippation
  • constiptaion
  • constpiation
  • consttipation
  • contsipation
  • cosntipation
  • ocnstipation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconstipation1cnostipation2connstipation1consitpation2consstipation1constiaption2constipaiton2constipatino2
Edit distance from "constipation"

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 "constipation"?
"constipation" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-I-P-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃s.ti.pa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "constipation" mean?
As a noun, "constipation" means: État d’une personne ou d’un animal qui est constipé.
What words are commonly confused with "constipation"?
"constipation" is commonly confused with "constitution", "conspiration", "constatation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "constipation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "constipation" is \kɔ̃s.ti.pa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "constipation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

clandestines#31,886clairvoyance#31,885canonisation#31,870appareillage#31,821

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

conséquents18 variantsdésagrément18 variantsempêchement18 variantshypothèques18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list