construction

\kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“construction” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #842. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#842
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action ou art de construire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-construction · construction · French

construction · rank #842 · 19 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #842
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coeur

Nearest frequency peer: coeur (-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 « construction »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « construction » 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).

construction vs contraction
83% similar
construction vs constructive
83% similar
construction vs constructions
92% similar

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

Key facts for construction
PropertyValue
Headwordconstruction
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#842
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « construction »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).constructionse 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 « coeur » (#841), « devoir » (#843), « arrivée » (#840). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « construction » est au #842. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around construction (IPA \kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #842 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for construction, with forms such as "cconstruction", "cnostruction", and "connstruction". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "contraction", "constructive", "constructions", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 construction, spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action ou art de construire.
  2. 2
    L’édifice même que l’on construit.
  3. 3
    Assemblage, disposition des matériaux, des diverses parties d’un édifice, d’un navire, d’une machine, etc.
  4. 4
    La construction d’un système philosophique.
  5. 5
    Figure qu’on trace, lignes qu’on tire pour résoudre un problème.
  6. 6
    Arrangement des mots suivant les règles et l’usage de la syntaxe.
  7. 7
    Ce qui est élaboré par la pensée ; production de l’esprit.
  8. 8
    Structure de cirque démontable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette église se compose d’une nef dont la construction remonte à la fin du XIᵉ siècle ou au commencement du XIIᵉ, […].
  2. Et à deux lieues, dans les hangars de la douane de Mazagan, les matériaux d'un pont en fer, dont la construction avait été décidée il y a une cinquantaine d'années par Sidi Mohammed, s’oxydent et s’écaillent.

This word in other languages

construction(English)construcción(Español)Bau(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconstruction
  • cnostruction
  • connstruction
  • consrtuction
  • consstruction
  • constrcution
  • constrruction
  • construcction
  • construciton
  • constructino
  • constructionn
  • constructoin
  • constructtion
  • construtcion
  • consttruction
  • consturction
  • contsruction
  • cosntruction
  • ocnstruction

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of construction - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cconstruction1cnostruction2connstruction1consrtuction2consstruction1constrcution2constrruction1construcction1
Edit distance from "construction"

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 "construction"?
"construction" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\.
What does "construction" mean?
As a noun, "construction" means: Action ou art de construire.
What words are commonly confused with "construction"?
"construction" is commonly confused with "contraction", "constructive", "constructions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "construction"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "construction" is \kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "construction" come from?
"construction" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

actuellement#913organisation#743informations#944complètement#978

Similar misspelling depth

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

international19 variantsprobablement19 variantsgénéralement19 variantsdéveloppement19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list