exécution
\ɛɡ.ze.ky.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“exécution” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,922. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,922
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’exécuter quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-execution · exécution · French
exécution · rank #2,922 · 13 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,922
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH explication
Nearest frequency peer: explication (-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 « exécution »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- dossiers
dossiers
97,082 corpus weight
- douche
douche
97,081 corpus weight
- explication
explication
97,080 corpus weight
- exécution
exécution
97,079 corpus weight
- falloir
falloir
97,078 corpus weight
- fausse
fausse
97,077 corpus weight
What this shows « exécution » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exécution |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛɡ.ze.ky.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #2,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exécution »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around exécution (IPA \ɛɡ.ze.ky.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,922 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for exécution, with forms such as "excéution", "execution", and "exxécution". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "exemption", "exécutive", "exécutions", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is exécution, spelled E-X-É-C-U-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’exécuter quelque chose.
- 2Action d’exécuter quelqu’un, de le mettre à mort.
- 3Critique décisive qui fait justice d’un homme ou d’une œuvre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exécution appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au surplus , comme il était décidé que la citadelle serait rendue avant toute autre chose, la France et l’Angleterre passèrent outre à l’exécution complète de la convention du 22 octobre.
Il s’agissait de déclarer si le roi pourrait, oui ou non, s’opposer à l’exécution des décrets des législateurs. On accorda à Louis XVI le veto suspensif pendant quatre ans.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- excéution
- execution
- exxécution
- exéccution
- exéctuion
- exécuiton
- exécutino
- exécutionn
- exécutoin
- exécuttion
- exéuction
- eéxcution
- xeécution
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exécution - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).