éruption

\e.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\

/\e.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“éruption” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,694. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,694
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jaillissement de matières expulsées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eruption · éruption · French

éruption · rank #11,694 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,694
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH égyptienne

Nearest frequency peer: égyptienne (-2 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 « éruption »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « éruption » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

éruption vs éruptions
89% similar
éruption vs érection
75% similar
éruption vs érudition
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for éruption
PropertyValue
Headwordéruption
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,694
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éruption »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).éruptionse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « égyptienne » (#11,692), « absorber » (#11,696), « écarté » (#11,691). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « éruption » est au #11,694. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around éruption (IPA \e.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,694 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for éruption, with forms such as "eruption", "réuption", and "érpution". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "éruptions", "érection", "érudition", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is éruption, spelled É-R-U-P-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jaillissement de matières expulsées.
  2. 2
    Jaillissement de matières expulsées.
  3. 3
    Poussée de taches, de pustules, de boutons qui paraissent à la peau.
  4. 4
    Jaillissement d’une force, d’une énergie, d’une réalité intérieure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how éruption appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je voyageois en Italie : arrivé à Naples, je m’empressai de visiter ce fameux Vésuve, dont la première éruption éclata, selon quelques auteurs, sous l’empereur Titus, l’an soixante-dix-neuf de notre ère, et coûta la vie au célèbre Pline.
  2. Un fracas effroyable, accompagné d'une éruption de poussière et de fumée, annonça qu'une des autres façades venait de s’effondrer, […].

This word in other languages

eruption(English)erupción(Español)Ausbruch(Deutsch)erupção(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eruption
  • réuption
  • érpution
  • érruption
  • érupiton
  • érupption
  • éruptino
  • éruptionn
  • éruptoin
  • érupttion
  • érutpion
  • éurption

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of éruption - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

eruption1réuption2érpution2érruption1érupiton2érupption1éruptino2éruptionn1
Edit distance from "éruption"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "éruption"?
"éruption" is spelled É-R-U-P-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\.
What does "éruption" mean?
As a noun, "éruption" means: Jaillissement de matières expulsées.
What words are commonly confused with "éruption"?
"éruption" is commonly confused with "éruptions", "érection", "érudition". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "éruption"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éruption" is \e.ʁyp.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éruption" come from?
"éruption" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "éruption", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

absorber#11,696vampires#11,685trouvées#11,682traitées#11,681

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

agitation12 variantsaméliorée12 variantstraction12 variantscouvrant12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list