division

/\di.vi.zjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,994

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

division is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de diviser. Pronounced \di.vi.zjɔ̃\. It ranks #1,994 in French word frequency. Often confused with divisions and dérision.

Key facts for division
PropertyValue
Headworddivision
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.vi.zjɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,994
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of division in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for division is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \di.vi.zjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,994 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for division, with forms such as "ddivision", "diivsion", and "diviison". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "divisions", "dérision", "decision", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is division, spelled D-I-V-I-S-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de diviser.
  2. 2
    Action de diviser.
  3. 3
    Action de diviser.
  4. 4
    Action de diviser.
  5. 5
    Action de diviser.
  6. 6
    Graduation, marque qui divise.
  7. 7
    Élément d’un ensemble divisé.
  8. 8
    Direction opérationnelle.
  9. 9
    Direction opérationnelle.
  10. 10
    Unité ou détachement tactique qui possède organiquement les armes et les services nécessaires à un combat d’une certaine durée ; elle se situe entre le corps d’armée et la brigade (ou le régiment).
  11. 11
    Désunion, opposition.
  12. 12
    Distribution entre plusieurs personnes ou catégories de personnes.
  13. 13
    Deuxième rang phylogénétique de la hiérarchie codifiée de la taxinomie.
  14. 14
    Trait d’union utilisé pour marquer la coupure d’un mot en fin de ligne — (Unicode : ‐ (U+2010) ou plus souvent - (U+002D)).
  15. 15
    Niveau de championnat, regroupant des équipes destinées à se rencontrer. Les trois premiers niveaux d'un championnat sont désignés par les termes D1, D2 et D3.
  16. 16
    Enseignement d’une année scolaire d’un niveau déterminé.
  17. 17
    Groupe d’élèves suivant les enseignements ensemble.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddivision,diivsion,diviison,divisino,divisionn,divisoin,divission,divsiion,divvision,dviision,idvision

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for division

Misspelling Variants of "division"

ddivision9diivsion8diviison8divisino8divisionn9divisoin8divission9divsiion8
Misspelling Variants of "division"

Frequency rank: #1,994 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "division"?
"division" is spelled D-I-V-I-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \di.vi.zjɔ̃\.
What does "division" mean?
As a noun, "division" means: Action de diviser.
What words are commonly confused with "division"?
"division" is commonly confused with "divisions", "dérision", "decision". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "division"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "division" is \di.vi.zjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "division" come from?
"division" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.