extorsion
\ɛk.stɔʁ.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“extorsion” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,946. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,946
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’extorquer, d'obtenir par la force, le chantage, l'intimidation ou tout autre moyen de pression.
Corpus desk
Index FR-extorsion · extorsion · French
extorsion · rank #28,946 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,946
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH exportateur
Nearest frequency peer: exportateur (-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 « extorsion »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- essayiste
essayiste
71,058 corpus weight
- excitante
excitante
71,057 corpus weight
- exportateur
exportateur
71,056 corpus weight
- extorsion
extorsion
71,055 corpus weight
- extraordina…
extraordinairement
71,054 corpus weight
- fantaisistes
fantaisistes
71,053 corpus weight
What this shows « extorsion » 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 | extorsion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛk.stɔʁ.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #28,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « extorsion »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around extorsion (IPA \ɛk.stɔʁ.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,946 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for extorsion, with forms such as "etxorsion", "exotrsion", and "extorison". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "extension", "excursion", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is extorsion, spelled E-X-T-O-R-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’extorquer, d'obtenir par la force, le chantage, l'intimidation ou tout autre moyen de pression.
- 2Rotation du globe oculaire vers la tempe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how extorsion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La cause de ces insurrections est presque toujours la même : les exactions, les extorsions et mille autres injustices commises par les caïds (gouverneurs) qui, ayant acheté leur poste, ne songent qu'à rentrer dans leurs fonds et à s'enrichir aux dépens de leurs administrés.
Et j’en passe. Le bouquet, c’est l’énumération de mes récentes tentatives d’extorsion de fonds.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etxorsion
- exotrsion
- extorison
- extorrsion
- extorsino
- extorsionn
- extorsoin
- extorssion
- extosrion
- extrosion
- exttorsion
- exxtorsion
- xetorsion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extorsion - 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).
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