diminution

\di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃\

/\di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“diminution” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,933. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,933
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de diminuer, fait de devenir moindre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-diminution · diminution · French

diminution · rank #4,933 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,933
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dignité

Nearest frequency peer: dignité (-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 « diminution »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « diminution » 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).

diminution vs domination
80% similar
diminution vs divination
80% similar
diminution vs diminutif
80% similar

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

Key facts for diminution
PropertyValue
Headworddiminution
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,933
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « diminution »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).diminutionse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dignité » (#4,932), « délit » (#4,934), « courts » (#4,931). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « diminution » est au #4,933. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around diminution (IPA \di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,933 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for diminution, with forms such as "ddiminution", "diimnution", and "diminnution". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "domination", "divination", "diminutif", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is diminution, spelled D-I-M-I-N-U-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de diminuer, fait de devenir moindre.
  2. 2
    Action de diminuer, fait de devenir moindre.
  3. 3
    Action de diminuer, fait de devenir moindre.
  4. 4
    Action de diminuer, fait de devenir moindre.
  5. 5
    Action de diminuer, fait de devenir moindre.
  6. 6
    Réduction du nombre de mailles d’un rang en cours de tricotage.
  7. 7
    Atténuation, adoucissement, apaisement.
  8. 8
    Atténuation, adoucissement, apaisement.
  9. 9
    Ornement, utilisé à la Renaissance et à l’époque baroque, consistant à lier deux notes longues par une succession de notes jouées à un rythme régulier, souvent improvisées, les notes ajoutées ayant donc une durée plus courte que les notes originelles, et représentant en général des intervalles plus petits.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le fait le plus remarquable à signaler est la diminution sensible du nombre des voiliers armés. En 1911, les ports de Reykiavik et d’Hafnarfjord envoyaient à la mer 43 dundees ; l'année dernière, ce nombre était réduit à 36; cette année, il est tombé à 22.
  2. La crue de cette rivière est en diminution.

Synonyms

amoindrissementdécroissementraccourcissementréductionrestrictionrétrécissement

Antonyms

accroissementaugmentation

This word in other languages

diminution(English)disminución(Español)Verminderung(Deutsch)diminuição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddiminution
  • diimnution
  • diminnution
  • dimintuion
  • diminuiton
  • diminutino
  • diminutionn
  • diminutoin
  • diminuttion
  • dimiuntion
  • dimminution
  • dimniution
  • dmiinution
  • idminution

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diminution - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddiminution1diimnution2diminnution1dimintuion2diminuiton2diminutino2diminutionn1diminutoin2
Edit distance from "diminution"

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 "diminution"?
"diminution" is spelled D-I-M-I-N-U-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃\.
What does "diminution" mean?
As a noun, "diminution" means: Action de diminuer, fait de devenir moindre.
What words are commonly confused with "diminution"?
"diminution" is commonly confused with "domination", "divination", "diminutif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diminution"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diminution" is \di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diminution" come from?
"diminution" 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 "diminution", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

contribuer#4,928esthétique#4,938comprenant#4,926cathédrale#4,917

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

compagnon14 variantsmédiatique14 variantssynthèse14 variantsprononcer14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list