fortifications
\fɔʁ.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“fortifications” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,370. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,370
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de fortification.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fortifications · fortifications · French
fortifications · rank #16,370 · 21 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #16,370
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fonctionnant
Nearest frequency peer: fonctionnant (-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 « fortifications »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- floraison
floraison
83,634 corpus weight
- flow
flow
83,633 corpus weight
- fonctionnant
fonctionnant
83,632 corpus weight
- fortificati…
fortifications
83,631 corpus weight
- Fukushima
Fukushima
83,630 corpus weight
- gardait
gardait
83,629 corpus weight
What this shows « fortifications » 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 | fortifications |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔʁ.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #16,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fortifications »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around fortifications (IPA \fɔʁ.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,370 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de fortification.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for fortifications, with forms such as "ffortifications", "foritfications", and "forrtifications". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "fortification", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fortifications, spelled F-O-R-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de fortification.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fortifications appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le cardinal ne se contenta pas de faire raser les fortifications de la Rochelle, il voulut encore que celles du Fort-Louis, et la citadelle de Saint-Martin dans l’isle de Rhé fussent entièrement démolies.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffortifications
- foritfications
- forrtifications
- fortfiications
- fortifciations
- fortiffications
- fortifiactions
- fortificaitons
- fortificatinos
- fortificationns
- fortificationss
- fortificatiosn
- fortificatoins
- fortificattions
- fortificcations
- fortifictaions
- fortiifcations
- forttifications
- fotrifications
- frotifications
- ofrtifications
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fortifications - 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 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).