constitution

\kɔ̃.sti.ty.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.sti.ty.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“constitution” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,810. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,810
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manière dont une chose est constituée, dont ses éléments combinés forment un tout.

Corpus desk

Index FR-constitution · constitution · French

constitution · rank #1,810 · 18 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,810
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH concert

Nearest frequency peer: concert (-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 « constitution »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « constitution » 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).

constitution vs constitutive
83% similar
constitution vs constitutions
92% similar
constitution vs constitutif
83% similar

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

Key facts for constitution
PropertyValue
Headwordconstitution
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.sti.ty.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#1,810
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « constitution »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.constitutionse 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 « concert » (#1,809), « complexe » (#1,808), « développer » (#1,812). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « constitution » est au #1,810. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around constitution (IPA \kɔ̃.sti.ty.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,810 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for constitution, with forms such as "cconstitution", "cnostitution", and "connstitution". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "constitutive", "constitutions", "constitutif", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is constitution, spelled C-O-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manière dont une chose est constituée, dont ses éléments combinés forment un tout.
  2. 2
    État général du corps humain, complexion.
  3. 3
    À Donjons & Dragons, et d’autres jeux de rôle, caractéristique (valeur chiffrée) représentant la résistance physique d’un personnage contre les maladies et les blessures, l’endurance à la fatigue (voir l’expression « être de bonne constitution »).
  4. 4
    Loi ou charte fondamentale qui détermine la forme du gouvernement, qui règle les droits politiques des citoyens et qui dicte la politique d’un État ou d’un groupe d’États.
  5. 5
    Ordonnance, loi, règlement, législation ancienne en matière ecclésiastique.
  6. 6
    Fait de créer, de fonder quelque chose.
  7. 7
    Constitution d’une entité moléculaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lorsque Newton entreprit de calculer théoriquement les réfractions produites par l'atmosphère, il donna à celle-ci une constitution qui suppose implicitement la température constante à toutes les hauteurs ; […].
  2. Et tout le village bientôt, à des degrés variant selon la constitution et la force de résistance de chacun, fut en proie à des malaises étranges, symptômes inexplicables d’empoisonnement.

Synonyms

formefondationcréationconstructionbasestructurestructuration

Antonyms

dissolutioneffondrementdestruction

This word in other languages

constitution(English)constitución(Español)Verfassung(Deutsch)constituição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconstitution
  • cnostitution
  • connstitution
  • consittution
  • consstitution
  • constittuion
  • constittution
  • constituiton
  • constitutino
  • constitutionn
  • constitutoin
  • constituttion
  • constiuttion
  • consttitution
  • consttiution
  • contsitution
  • cosntitution
  • ocnstitution

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconstitution1cnostitution2connstitution1consittution2consstitution1constittuion2constittution1constituiton2
Edit distance from "constitution"

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 "constitution"?
"constitution" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sti.ty.sjɔ̃\.
What does "constitution" mean?
As a noun, "constitution" means: Manière dont une chose est constituée, dont ses éléments combinés forment un tout.
What words are commonly confused with "constitution"?
"constitution" is commonly confused with "constitutive", "constitutions", "constitutif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "constitution"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "constitution" is \kɔ̃.sti.ty.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "constitution" come from?
"constitution" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

statistiques18 variantsintervention18 variantsfranchement18 variantsDistribution18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list