discussion
\dis.ky.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“discussion” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,992. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,992
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de discuter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-discussion · discussion · French
discussion · rank #1,992 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,992
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH demeure
Nearest frequency peer: demeure (-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 « discussion »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- comportement
comportement
98,013 corpus weight
- demeure
demeure
98,010 corpus weight
- discussion
discussion
98,009 corpus weight
- Distribution
Distribution
98,008 corpus weight
- division
division
98,007 corpus weight
- dr
dr
98,006 corpus weight
What this shows « discussion » 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 | discussion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dis.ky.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « discussion »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around discussion (IPA \dis.ky.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,992 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for discussion, with forms such as "ddiscussion", "dicsussion", and "disccussion". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "dissuasion", "discussions", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is discussion, spelled D-I-S-C-U-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de discuter.
- 2Recherche des biens d’un débiteur pour les faire vendre en justice.
- 3Dispute, contestation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how discussion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quant aux discussions philosophiques, je pense qu’elles sont absolument vaines. On ne peut rien contrôler, rien vérifier.
Car, insoucieux en effet du temps, ivre de vin et de discussions métaphysiques, le Mousse avait visité une à une toutes les fermes du plateau.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddiscussion
- dicsussion
- disccussion
- discsusion
- discusion
- discusison
- discussino
- discussionn
- discussoin
- disscussion
- disucssion
- dsicussion
- idscussion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of discussion - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
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