démission

\de.mi.sjɔ̃\

/\de.mi.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“démission” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,570. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,570
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acte par lequel on se démet d’une dignité, d’un emploi, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-demission · démission · French

démission · rank #4,570 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,570
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH délégation

Nearest frequency peer: délégation (-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 « démission »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « démission » 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).

démission vs dérision
78% similar
démission vs démissions
90% similar
démission vs démissionne
82% similar

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

Key facts for démission
PropertyValue
Headworddémission
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.mi.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,570
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « démission »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).démissionse 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 « délégation » (#4,569), « dénoncer » (#4,571), « décor » (#4,567). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « démission » est au #4,570. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around démission (IPA \de.mi.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,570 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for démission, with forms such as "ddémission", "demission", and "dméission". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "dérision", "démissions", "démissionne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 démission, spelled D-É-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acte par lequel on se démet d’une dignité, d’un emploi, etc.
  2. 2
    Manquement durable à sa mission, à son devoir.
  3. 3
    Renoncement ; reniement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ceux qui ont tendance à se suraffirmer au détriment de leurs équipes engendrent souvent démotivation, procrastination, absence de remontées du terrain, rébellions, arrêts de travail fréquents, démissions, burn-out, voire pire.
  2. On ne dira jamais assez l’importance de l’éducation qui aujourd’hui, avec la démission de l’État, se fait beaucoup, malheureusement, sur des réseaux Internet vulgaires et dangereux.

Antonyms

embauchelicenciementmise à piedrecrutementrenvoi

This word in other languages

resignation(English)renuncia(Español)Kündigung(Deutsch)abdicação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddémission
  • demission
  • dméission
  • déimssion
  • démision
  • démisison
  • démissino
  • démissionn
  • démissoin
  • démmission
  • démsision
  • édmission

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddémission1demission1dméission2déimssion2démision1démisison2démissino2démissionn1
Edit distance from "démission"

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 "démission"?
"démission" is spelled D-É-M-I-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \de.mi.sjɔ̃\.
What does "démission" mean?
As a noun, "démission" means: Acte par lequel on se démet d’une dignité, d’un emploi, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "démission"?
"démission" is commonly confused with "dérision", "démissions", "démissionne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "démission"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "démission" is \de.mi.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "démission" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

faiblesse#4,577centrales#4,555portugais#4,601vingtaine#4,538

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

conserve12 variantsconclure12 variantsinformer12 variantséliminer12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list