fonction
\fɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“fonction” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #724 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #724
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Activité qui tend à un but déterminé.
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 | fonction |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fonction” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fonction is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #724 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for fonction, with forms such as "ffonction", "fnoction", and "focntion". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "fraction", "friction", "function", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fonction, spelled F-O-N-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Activité qui tend à un but déterminé.
- 2Actes qu’on fait pour s’acquitter des obligations, des devoirs d’un emploi, d’une charge ou pour en exercer les prérogatives.
- 3Ensemble des obligations et devoirs inhérents à l’exercice d’un poste administratif.
- 4Cette charge, cet emploi même.
- 5Ensemble des propriétés actives d'un organe au sein de l'être vivant.
- 6Synonyme de « application » souvent utilisé lorsque l’ensemble d’arrivée est un ensemble de nombres (ou, parfois, de vecteurs).
- 7Relation entre deux ensembles E et F qui, à tout élément de E, fait correspondre au plus un élément de F.
- 8Transformation d’un objet en un autre objet.
- 9Sous-programme qui renvoie un résultat.
- 10Ensemble d'opérations auxquelles peuvent concourir nos activités psychiques et qui en sont caractéristiques.
- 11Groupe d’atomes remarquable qui a une réactivité particulière au sein d’une molécule.
- 12Place d'un accord dans une suite ou une série musicale, se résumant en général à la tonique, la sous-dominante et la dominante.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffonction,fnoction,focntion,foncction,fonciton,fonctino,fonctionn,fonctoin,foncttion,fonnction,fontcion,ofnction
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fonction - 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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Using “fonction”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-O-N-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fraction” - see the side-by-side comparison. fonction vs fraction
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.