fonctionner
\fɔ̃k.sjɔ.ne\
The verdict
“fonctionner” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,860. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,860
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accomplir sa fonction, en parlant d’un mécanisme, d’un organe, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fonctionner · fonctionner · French
fonctionner · rank #4,860 · 15 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,860
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH exigences
Nearest frequency peer: exigences (-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 « fonctionner »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- encourager
encourager
95,144 corpus weight
- exige
exige
95,143 corpus weight
- exigences
exigences
95,142 corpus weight
- fonctionner
fonctionner
95,141 corpus weight
- gosses
gosses
95,140 corpus weight
- herbe
herbe
95,139 corpus weight
What this shows « fonctionner » 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 | fonctionner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɔ̃k.sjɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #4,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fonctionner »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around fonctionner (IPA \fɔ̃k.sjɔ.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,860 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for fonctionner, with forms such as "ffonctionner", "fnoctionner", and "focntionner". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "fonctionnera", "fonctionne", "fonctionnel", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fonctionner, spelled F-O-N-C-T-I-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Accomplir sa fonction, en parlant d’un mécanisme, d’un organe, etc.
- 2Exercer une fonction, en parlant d’une personne
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fonctionner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quant à moi, j’ai vu fonctionner l’appareil ; il fonctionne bien, mais cela ne suffit pas pour former complètement mon jugement
Ici la dyspepsie est intestinale; l’estomac fonctionne bien et s’acquitte parfaitement de sa tâche.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffonctionner
- fnoctionner
- focntionner
- foncctionner
- foncitonner
- fonctinoner
- fonctionenr
- fonctioner
- fonctionnerr
- fonctionnre
- fonctoinner
- foncttionner
- fonnctionner
- fontcionner
- ofnctionner
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fonctionner - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fonctionner", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).