diffraction
\di.fʁak.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“diffraction” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,252. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,252
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déviation d’une onde, d’un faisceau de corpuscules.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diffraction · diffraction · French
diffraction · rank #39,252 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #39,252
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Depression
Nearest frequency peer: Depression (-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 « diffraction »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- cérémonial
cérémonial
60,752 corpus weight
- Dembélé
Dembélé
60,751 corpus weight
- Depression
Depression
60,750 corpus weight
- diffraction
diffraction
60,749 corpus weight
- dig
dig
60,748 corpus weight
- dinner
dinner
60,747 corpus weight
What this shows « diffraction » 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 | diffraction |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \di.fʁak.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #39,252 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « diffraction »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around diffraction (IPA \di.fʁak.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,252 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for diffraction, with forms such as "ddiffraction", "dfifraction", and "diffarction". 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, "distraction", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is diffraction, spelled D-I-F-F-R-A-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Déviation d’une onde, d’un faisceau de corpuscules.
- 2Inflexion que subissent les rayons lumineux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how diffraction appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Entre les tours infinies qui cherchaient le ciel, les voix et les pas vibraient comme une pulsation, la diffraction des corps, leur plus profond rythme vital.
contourner les obstacles par diffraction.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddiffraction
- dfifraction
- diffarction
- diffracction
- diffraciton
- diffractino
- diffractionn
- diffractoin
- diffracttion
- diffratcion
- diffrcation
- diffrraction
- difraction
- difrfaction
- idffraction
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diffraction - 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.
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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