érosion

/\e.ʁo.zjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,506

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

érosion is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ensemble des phénomènes mécaniques et chimiques de désagrégation des roches et des sols par les agents atmosphériques et par l’eau. Pronounced \e.ʁo.zjɔ̃\. Often confused with évasion and emotion.

Key facts for érosion
PropertyValue
Headwordérosion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ʁo.zjɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,506
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for érosion is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.ʁo.zjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,506 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 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 érosion, with forms such as "erosion", "réosion", and "éorsion". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "évasion", "emotion", "éclosion", 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 érosion, spelled É-R-O-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
    Ensemble des phénomènes mécaniques et chimiques de désagrégation des roches et des sols par les agents atmosphériques et par l’eau.
  2. 2
    Dégradation progressive.
  3. 3
    Perte de la surface originelle de la pierre, entraînant des contours émoussés.
  4. 4
    Action d’une substance qui en attaque une autre, qui la ronge superficiellement.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erosion,réosion,éorsion,éroison,érosino,érosionn,érosoin,érossion,érrosion,érsoion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for érosion

Misspelling Variants of "érosion"

erosion7réosion7éorsion7éroison7érosino7érosionn8érosoin7érossion8
Misspelling Variants of "érosion"

Frequency rank: #12,506 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "érosion"?
"érosion" is spelled É-R-O-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʁo.zjɔ̃\.
What does "érosion" mean?
As a noun, "érosion" means: Ensemble des phénomènes mécaniques et chimiques de désagrégation des roches et des sols par les agents atmosphériques et par l’eau.
What words are commonly confused with "érosion"?
"érosion" is commonly confused with "évasion", "emotion", "éclosion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "érosion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "érosion" is \e.ʁo.zjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "érosion" come from?
"érosion" 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.