contusion

\kɔ̃.ty.zjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.ty.zjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“contusion” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,954. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,954
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lésion produite par un corps contondant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contusion · contusion · French

contusion · rank #44,954 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,954
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contradicteurs

Nearest frequency peer: contradicteurs (-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 « contusion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contusion » 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).

contusion vs contusions
90% similar
contusion vs confusion
89% similar
contusion vs collusion
78% similar

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

Key facts for contusion
PropertyValue
Headwordcontusion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.ty.zjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#44,954
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contusion »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).contusionse 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 « contradicteurs » (#44,953), « corsair » (#44,955), « contractés » (#44,952). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contusion » est au #44,954. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around contusion (IPA \kɔ̃.ty.zjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,954 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lésion produite par un corps contondant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for contusion, with forms such as "ccontusion", "cnotusion", and "conntusion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "contusions", "confusion", "collusion", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is contusion, spelled C-O-N-T-U-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lésion produite par un corps contondant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pris au dépourvu, je suis projeté violemment en avant ; le pommeau de ma selle arabe m’empêche de passer par-dessus la tête de ma monture, mais me donne une contusion à l’épigastre qui m’enlève la respiration et me fait presque perdre connaissance.
  2. Le LBD provoque des fractures, des hématomes et des contusions (pulmonaires, osseuses, cérébrales). Il arrache des joues et éborgne. Il a occasionné des comas de quelques jours à un mois.

This word in other languages

bruise(English)contusión(Español)Prellung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontusion
  • cnotusion
  • conntusion
  • contsuion
  • conttusion
  • contuison
  • contusino
  • contusionn
  • contusoin
  • contussion
  • conutsion
  • cotnusion
  • ocntusion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontusion1cnotusion2conntusion1contsuion2conttusion1contuison2contusino2contusionn1
Edit distance from "contusion"

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 "contusion"?
"contusion" is spelled C-O-N-T-U-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.ty.zjɔ̃\.
What does "contusion" mean?
As a noun, "contusion" means: Lésion produite par un corps contondant.
What words are commonly confused with "contusion"?
"contusion" is commonly confused with "contusions", "confusion", "collusion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contusion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contusion" is \kɔ̃.ty.zjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contusion" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

contienne#44,951concocter#44,942cuirassés#44,967cultivant#44,968

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

conférés13 variantscliquetis13 variantsdilettante13 variantsdirigeons13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list