descriptions

/\dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,030

in French word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

descriptions is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de description. Pronounced \dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with description.

Key facts for descriptions
PropertyValue
Headworddescriptions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#11,030
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for descriptions is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,030 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de description.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for descriptions, with forms such as "ddescriptions", "decsriptions", and "desccriptions". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "description", 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 descriptions, spelled D-E-S-C-R-I-P-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 description.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddescriptions,decsriptions,desccriptions,descirptions,descripitons,descripptions,descriptinos,descriptionns,descriptionss,descriptiosn,descriptoins,descripttions,descritpions,descrpitions,descrriptions,desrciptions,desscriptions,dsecriptions,edscriptions

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for descriptions

Misspelling Variants of "descriptions"

ddescriptions13decsriptions12desccriptions13descirptions12descripitons12descripptions13descriptinos12descriptionns13
Misspelling Variants of "descriptions"

Frequency rank: #11,030 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "descriptions"?
"descriptions" is spelled D-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\.
What does "descriptions" mean?
As a noun, "descriptions" means: Pluriel de description.
What words are commonly confused with "descriptions"?
"descriptions" is commonly confused with "description". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "descriptions"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "descriptions" 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 "descriptions" come from?
"descriptions" 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.