destructions

\dɛs.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\

/\dɛs.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“destructions” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,980. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,980
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de destruction.

Corpus desk

Index FR-destructions · destructions · French

destructions · rank #18,980 · 19 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,980
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dialoguer

Nearest frequency peer: dialoguer (+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 « destructions »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « destructions » 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).

destructions vs distractions
83% similar
destructions vs destruction
92% similar

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

Key facts for destructions
PropertyValue
Headworddestructions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɛs.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#18,980
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « destructions »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.destructionsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dialoguer » (#18,981), « cultivés » (#18,978), « diamond » (#18,982). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « destructions » est au #18,980. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around destructions (IPA \dɛs.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,980 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de destruction.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for destructions, with forms such as "ddestructions", "desrtuctions", and "desstructions". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "distractions", "destruction", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is destructions, spelled D-E-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de destruction.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les équipées y sont des épopées, les vaincus provisoires des visionnaires providentiels et les destructions cumulées des épreuves nécessaires à ce qu’il est convenu d’appeler « le progrès européen du pays » ; un progrès qui devra tout à l’ardeur positiviste d’élites soucieuses de se « décastillaniser », de se rapprocher des nations modernes, de s’enrichir…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddestructions
  • desrtuctions
  • desstructions
  • destrcutions
  • destrructions
  • destrucctions
  • destrucitons
  • destructinos
  • destructionns
  • destructionss
  • destructiosn
  • destructoins
  • destructtions
  • destrutcions
  • desttructions
  • desturctions
  • detsructions
  • dsetructions
  • edstructions

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddestructions1desrtuctions2desstructions1destrcutions2destrructions1destrucctions1destrucitons2destructinos2
Edit distance from "destructions"

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 "destructions"?
"destructions" is spelled D-E-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛs.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\.
What does "destructions" mean?
As a noun, "destructions" means: Pluriel de destruction.
What words are commonly confused with "destructions"?
"destructions" is commonly confused with "distractions", "destruction". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "destructions"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "destructions" is \dɛs.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "destructions" come from?
"destructions" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list