éjection

/\e.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,562

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

éjection is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action ou fait d’éjecter ou d’être éjecté. Pronounced \e.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with érection and éviction.

Key facts for éjection
PropertyValue
Headwordéjection
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#40,562
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for éjection is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,562 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Action ou fait d’éjecter ou d’être éjecté.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for éjection, with forms such as "ejection", "jéection", and "éejction". 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, "érection", "éviction", "election", 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 éjection, spelled É-J-E-C-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
    Action ou fait d’éjecter ou d’être éjecté.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ejection,jéection,éejction,éjcetion,éjecction,éjeciton,éjectino,éjectionn,éjectoin,éjecttion,éjetcion,éjjection

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for éjection

Misspelling Variants of "éjection"

ejection8jéection8éejction8éjcetion8éjecction9éjeciton8éjectino8éjectionn9
Misspelling Variants of "éjection"

Frequency rank: #40,562 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "éjection"?
"éjection" is spelled É-J-E-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\.
What does "éjection" mean?
As a noun, "éjection" means: Action ou fait d’éjecter ou d’être éjecté.
What words are commonly confused with "éjection"?
"éjection" is commonly confused with "érection", "éviction", "election". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "éjection"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éjection" is \e.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éjection" come from?
"éjection" 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.