extraction

\ɛk.stʁak.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛk.stʁak.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“extraction” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,187. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,187
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’extraire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-extraction · extraction · French

extraction · rank #7,187 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,187
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH femelle

Nearest frequency peer: femelle (+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 « extraction »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « extraction » 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).

extraction vs extradition
82% similar
extraction vs extinction
80% similar
extraction vs effraction
80% similar

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

Key facts for extraction
PropertyValue
Headwordextraction
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛk.stʁak.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,187
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « extraction »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).extractionse 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 « femelle » (#7,188), « exportations » (#7,185), « gains » (#7,189). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « extraction » est au #7,187. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around extraction (IPA \ɛk.stʁak.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,187 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for extraction, with forms such as "etxraction", "exrtaction", and "extarction". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "extradition", "extinction", "effraction", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is extraction, spelled E-X-T-R-A-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’extraire.
  2. 2
    Action de retirer une chose du corps.
  3. 3
    Opération par laquelle on trouve la racine d’un nombre, ou par laquelle on trouve les entiers contenus dans un nombre fractionnaire.
  4. 4
    Origine d’où quelqu’un tire sa naissance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On trouve également de l’huile grasse dans les noyaux et dans les pépins ; elle est presque partout combinée avec le mucilage qu’elle entraîne en partie au moment de l’extraction.
  2. D’autres méthodes permettent de mesurer ou d’estimer la phytodisponibilité des métaux : cultures tests, tests microbiologiques, méthodes isotopiques, extractions chimiques sélectives et modélisation.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etxraction
  • exrtaction
  • extarction
  • extracction
  • extraciton
  • extractino
  • extractionn
  • extractoin
  • extracttion
  • extratcion
  • extrcation
  • extrraction
  • exttraction
  • exxtraction
  • xetraction

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extraction - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

etxraction2exrtaction2extarction2extracction1extraciton2extractino2extractionn1extractoin2
Edit distance from "extraction"

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 "extraction"?
"extraction" is spelled E-X-T-R-A-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.stʁak.sjɔ̃\.
What does "extraction" mean?
As a noun, "extraction" means: Action d’extraire.
What words are commonly confused with "extraction"?
"extraction" is commonly confused with "extradition", "extinction", "effraction". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "extraction"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "extraction" is \ɛk.stʁak.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "extraction" come from?
"extraction" 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 "extraction", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list