Depression
\depʁɛˈsi̯oːn\
The verdict
“Depression” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #39,251 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,251
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Manque de joie, tristesse désespoir.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Depression |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \depʁɛˈsi̯oːn\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #39,251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Depression” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Depression is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \depʁɛˈsi̯oːn\. Corpus data places it at rank #39,251 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Depression, with forms such as "ddepression", "deperssion", and "deppression". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "dépressive", "dépressions", "dépressif", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists 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 Depression, spelled D-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Manque de joie, tristesse désespoir.
- 2Dépression, état psychique caractérisé par une altération de l’humeur, la perte du sommeil, de l’appétit et du goût du plaisir, ainsi que divers autres symptômes et dans lequel le malade éprouve une vive douleur morale.
- 3Terres situées en dessous du niveau de la mer.
- 4Dépression, zone de basse pression atmosphérique.
- 5Dépression, grave crise économique consistant en une diminution importante et durable de la production et de la consommation.
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Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddepression,deperssion,deppression,depresion,depresison,depressino,depressionn,depressoin,deprression,deprsesion,derpession,dperession,edpression
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Depression - 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.
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.
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Using “Depression”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \depʁɛˈsi̯oːn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dépressive” - see the side-by-side comparison. Depression vs dépressive
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.