fondations
\fɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“fondations” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,317. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,317
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de fondation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fondations · fondations · French
fondations · rank #9,317 · 15 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,317
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH eurent
Nearest frequency peer: eurent (-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 « fondations »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- endormir
endormir
90,687 corpus weight
- eurent
eurent
90,685 corpus weight
- fondations
fondations
90,684 corpus weight
- fui
fui
90,683 corpus weight
- féministes
féministes
90,682 corpus weight
- gentiment
gentiment
90,681 corpus weight
What this shows « fondations » 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 | fondations |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #9,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fondations »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around fondations (IPA \fɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,317 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de fondation.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for fondations, with forms such as "ffondations", "fnodations", and "fodnations". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "formations", "foundation", "fonctions", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fondations, spelled F-O-N-D-A-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de fondation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fondations appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il adapte ses vieux principes du Minorange au monde du cinéma : s’offrir les meilleurs réalisateurs pour être sûr d’avoir des « produits uniques », gérer au plus près les budgets et prévendre les films avant la première journée de tournage, comme on vend un immeuble sur appartement témoin avant même de creuser les fondations.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffondations
- fnodations
- fodnations
- fonadtions
- fondaitons
- fondatinos
- fondationns
- fondationss
- fondatiosn
- fondatoins
- fondattions
- fonddations
- fondtaions
- fonndations
- ofndations
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fondations - 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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).