discretion
\dɪs.ˈkrɛ.ʃən\
The verdict
“discretion” is uncommon French (frequency #65,860 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,860
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discrétion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-discretion · discretion · French
discretion · rank #65,860 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,860
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dispendieuse
Nearest frequency peer: dispendieuse (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “discretion”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dew
dew
34,144 corpus weight
- DGEQ
DGEQ
34,143 corpus weight
- discretion
discretion
34,141 corpus weight
- dispendieuse
dispendieuse
34,140 corpus weight
- dissidences
dissidences
34,139 corpus weight
- dives
dives
34,138 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “discretion” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | discretion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɪs.ˈkrɛ.ʃən\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “discretion” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
discretion is uncommon French at frequency #65,860 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɪs.ˈkrɛ.ʃən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for discretion, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is discretion, spelled D-I-S-C-R-E-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Discrétion.
- 2Capacité de prendre des décisions ou des choix sensés.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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