descriptions
\dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“descriptions” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,030. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,030
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de description.
Corpus desk
Index FR-descriptions · descriptions · French
descriptions · rank #11,030 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #11,030
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH desquels
Nearest frequency peer: desquels (+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 « descriptions »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- cuillère
cuillère
88,975 corpus weight
- cursus
cursus
88,974 corpus weight
- Danielle
Danielle
88,973 corpus weight
- descriptions
descriptions
88,971 corpus weight
- desquels
desquels
88,970 corpus weight
- diabète
diabète
88,969 corpus weight
What this shows « descriptions » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | descriptions |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #11,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « descriptions »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around descriptions (IPA \dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,030 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de description.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for descriptions, with forms such as "ddescriptions", "decsriptions", and "desccriptions". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "description", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is descriptions, spelled D-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de description.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how descriptions appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le chercheur espère toujours secrètement (sans vraiment y croire complètement) que ses activités de recherche (en terme d’investigations empiriques (et les interactions avec les acteurs qui vont avec) d’analyses, de descriptions, d’explications, sur un mode oral ou écrit) pourront contribuer à désaffaiblir les acteurs, à réduire leurs situations problémat…
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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of descriptions - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).