édition

/\e.di.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,015

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

édition is aFrenchnoun. It means: Impression, publication et diffusion d’une œuvre artistique (livre, musique, objet d’art, etc). soit qu’elle paraisse pour la première fois, soit qu’elle ait déjà été imprimée ; ou les séries succe... Pronounced \e.di.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #1,015 in French word frequency. Often confused with edito and editor.

Key facts for édition
PropertyValue
Headwordédition
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.di.sjɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,015
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for édition is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.di.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,015 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for édition, with forms such as "déition", "edition", and "éddition". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "edito", "editor", "emotion", 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 édition, spelled É-D-I-T-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
    Impression, publication et diffusion d’une œuvre artistique (livre, musique, objet d’art, etc). soit qu’elle paraisse pour la première fois, soit qu’elle ait déjà été imprimée ; ou les séries successives des exemplaires qu’on imprime pour cette publication.
  2. 2
    Totalité des exemplaires de tel ou tel ouvrage publié et mis en vente.
  3. 3
    Par extension, l’industrie qui a pour objet la publication d’ouvrage.
  4. 4
    Tirage spécifique de la même édition d’un ouvrage.
  5. 5
    Exemplaire faisant partie d’un tirage dans une édition.
  6. 6
    Tirage strictement identique de l’édition du jour d’un quotidien.
  7. 7
    Les différents canaux de diffusion.
  8. 8
    Par extension, émission de télévision donnant les actualités.
  9. 9
    (Suivi d’une année) S’utilise pour préciser l’année en parlant d’une manifestation ayant lieu régulièrement, par exemple tous les ans ou tous les deux ans.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: déition,edition,éddition,édiiton,éditino,éditionn,éditoin,édittion,édtiion,éidtion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for édition

Misspelling Variants of "édition"

déition7edition7éddition8édiiton7éditino7éditionn8éditoin7édittion8
Misspelling Variants of "édition"

Frequency rank: #1,015 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "édition"?
"édition" is spelled É-D-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \e.di.sjɔ̃\.
What does "édition" mean?
As a noun, "édition" means: Impression, publication et diffusion d’une œuvre artistique (livre, musique, objet d’art, etc). soit qu’elle paraisse pour la première fois, soit qu’elle ait déjà été imprimée ; ou les séries succe...
What words are commonly confused with "édition"?
"édition" is commonly confused with "edito", "editor", "emotion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "édition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "édition" is \e.di.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "édition" come from?
"édition" 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.