fonctions

/\fɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,566

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

fonctions is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de fonction. Pronounced \fɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #1,566 in French word frequency. Often confused with function and fractions.

Key facts for fonctions
PropertyValue
Headwordfonctions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,566
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fonctions in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for fonctions is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,566 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de fonction.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for fonctions, with forms such as "ffonctions", "fnoctions", and "focntions". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "function", "fractions", "frictions", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is fonctions, spelled F-O-N-C-T-I-O-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de fonction.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffonctions,fnoctions,focntions,foncctions,foncitons,fonctinos,fonctionns,fonctionss,fonctiosn,fonctoins,foncttions,fonnctions,fontcions,ofnctions

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fonctions

Misspelling Variants of "fonctions"

ffonctions10fnoctions9focntions9foncctions10foncitons9fonctinos9fonctionns10fonctionss10
Misspelling Variants of "fonctions"

Frequency rank: #1,566 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fonctions"?
"fonctions" is spelled F-O-N-C-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\.
What does "fonctions" mean?
As a noun, "fonctions" means: Pluriel de fonction.
What words are commonly confused with "fonctions"?
"fonctions" is commonly confused with "function", "fractions", "frictions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fonctions"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fonctions" is \fɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fonctions" come from?
"fonctions" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.