description

\dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\

/\dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“description” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,909. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,909
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de décrire, développement par lequel on décrit, on dépeint ; résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-description · description · French

description · rank #1,909 · 17 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,909
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH croix

Nearest frequency peer: croix (-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 « description »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « description » 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).

description vs descriptive
82% similar
description vs descriptions
92% similar
description vs descriptif
82% similar

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

Key facts for description
PropertyValue
Headworddescription
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#1,909
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « description »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).descriptionse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « croix » (#1,908), « devraient » (#1,910), « crime » (#1,907). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « description » est au #1,909. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around description (IPA \dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,909 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for description, with forms such as "ddescription", "decsription", and "desccription". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "descriptive", "descriptions", "descriptif", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is description, spelled D-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de décrire, développement par lequel on décrit, on dépeint ; résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Inventaire qui indique le nombre et la qualité des meubles, papiers, etc., qui se trouvent dans une maison.
  3. 3
    Livre qui fait connaître l’état présent d’une région, d’un pays, d’une partie du monde.
  4. 4
    Définition imparfaite.
  5. 5
    Action de décrire, de tracer une ligne, une surface.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quant aux installations coopératives de la maison Michelin, elles sont un État dans l’État; elles constituent un monde dont la description nécessiterait une brochure spéciale.
  2. Tu remarqueras d’abord que les descriptions y sont très brèves, et que l’on n’y insiste sur l’aspect général des nuages, arbres et verdures de toute sorte, sentiers, lieux boisés, cours d’eau, etc., que dans la mesure où ces détails paraissent indispensables à l’intelligence du récit.

This word in other languages

description(English)descripción(Español)Beschreibung(Deutsch)descrição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddescription
  • decsription
  • desccription
  • descirption
  • descripiton
  • descripption
  • descriptino
  • descriptionn
  • descriptoin
  • descripttion
  • descritpion
  • descrpition
  • descrription
  • desrciption
  • desscription
  • dsecription
  • edscription

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddescription1decsription2desccription1descirption2descripiton2descripption1descriptino2descriptionn1
Edit distance from "description"

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 "description"?
"description" is spelled D-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\.
What does "description" mean?
As a noun, "description" means: Action de décrire, développement par lequel on décrit, on dépeint ; résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "description"?
"description" is commonly confused with "descriptive", "descriptions", "descriptif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "description"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "description" is \dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "description" come from?
"description" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

difficultés#1,911compétition#1,906publication#1,888proposition#1,887

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

importantes17 variantsheureusement17 variantstempérature17 variantstransports17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list