digression
\di.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“digression” is an uncommon French word, ranked #55,196 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #55,196
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ce qui dans un exposé, dans une conversation, un discours ou un développement s’écarte du sujet principal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | digression |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \di.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,196 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “digression” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for digression is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \di.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #55,196 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for digression, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is digression, spelled D-I-G-R-E-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ce qui dans un exposé, dans une conversation, un discours ou un développement s’écarte du sujet principal.
- 2Éloignement apparent des planètes par rapport au soleil.
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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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Using “digression”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-I-G-R-E-S-S-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \di.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.