constructions

/\kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,069

in French word usage

Misspellings

21

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

constructions is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de construction. Pronounced \kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #6,069 in French word frequency. Often confused with contractions and constructives.

Key facts for constructions
PropertyValue
Headwordconstructions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#6,069
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of constructions in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for constructions is 13 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,069 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de construction.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 21 documented wrong-spelling variants for constructions, with forms such as "cconstructions", "cnostructions", and "connstructions". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "contractions", "constructives", "construction", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is constructions, spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de construction.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconstructions,cnostructions,connstructions,consrtuctions,consstructions,constrcutions,constrructions,construcctions,construcitons,constructinos,constructionns,constructionss,constructiosn,constructoins,constructtions,construtcions,consttructions,consturctions,contsructions,cosntructions,ocnstructions

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for constructions

Misspelling Variants of "constructions"

cconstructions14cnostructions13connstructions14consrtuctions13consstructions14constrcutions13constrructions14construcctions14
Misspelling Variants of "constructions"

Frequency rank: #6,069 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "constructions"?
"constructions" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\.
What does "constructions" mean?
As a noun, "constructions" means: Pluriel de construction.
What words are commonly confused with "constructions"?
"constructions" is commonly confused with "contractions", "constructives", "construction". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "constructions"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "constructions" 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 "constructions" come from?
"constructions" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.