exclusion

\ɛk.skly.zjɔ̃\

/\ɛk.skly.zjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“exclusion” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,294
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’exclure ou fait d’être exclu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exclusion · exclusion · French

exclusion · rank #6,294 · 13 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,294
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH envoyez

Nearest frequency peer: envoyez (-1 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 « exclusion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « exclusion » 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).

exclusion vs explosion
78% similar
exclusion vs exclusive
78% similar
exclusion vs excursion
78% similar

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

Key facts for exclusion
PropertyValue
Headwordexclusion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛk.skly.zjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,294
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exclusion »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).exclusionse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « envoyez » (#6,293), « extrêmes » (#6,295), « education » (#6,292). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exclusion » est au #6,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around exclusion (IPA \ɛk.skly.zjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,294 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action d’exclure ou fait d’être exclu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for exclusion, with forms such as "ecxlusion", "excclusion", and "excllusion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "explosion", "exclusive", "excursion", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is exclusion, spelled E-X-C-L-U-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’exclure ou fait d’être exclu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Alors que les végétariens ne consomment ni viande ni poisson, que les végétaliens ne consomment ni viande, ni poisson, ni œufs, ni laitages, les vegans ajoutent à ces exclusions alimentaires le refus d'utiliser tout produit issu du règne animal : miel, laine, cuir...
  2. Cette exclusion ne s’appliqua d’abord qu’à quelques personnes, mais on l’étendit ensuite à beaucoup d’autres.

This word in other languages

exclusion(English)exclusión(Español)exclusão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecxlusion
  • excclusion
  • excllusion
  • exclsuion
  • excluison
  • exclusino
  • exclusionn
  • exclusoin
  • exclussion
  • exculsion
  • exlcusion
  • exxclusion
  • xeclusion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exclusion - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ecxlusion2excclusion1excllusion1exclsuion2excluison2exclusino2exclusionn1exclusoin2
Edit distance from "exclusion"

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 "exclusion"?
"exclusion" is spelled E-X-C-L-U-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.skly.zjɔ̃\.
What does "exclusion" mean?
As a noun, "exclusion" means: Action d’exclure ou fait d’être exclu.
What words are commonly confused with "exclusion"?
"exclusion" is commonly confused with "explosion", "exclusive", "excursion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exclusion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exclusion" is \ɛk.skly.zjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exclusion" come from?
"exclusion" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

education#6,292détriment#6,291finissent#6,299fiscalité#6,300

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

extrêmes13 variantsindiquent13 variantsconcevoir13 variantsantiquité13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list