fractions
\fʁak.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“fractions” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,871. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,871
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de fraction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fractions · fractions · French
fractions · rank #23,871 · 14 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,871
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fix
Nearest frequency peer: fix (-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 « fractions »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- feng
feng
76,133 corpus weight
- fix
fix
76,131 corpus weight
- fractions
fractions
76,130 corpus weight
- Frankenstein
Frankenstein
76,129 corpus weight
- furie
furie
76,128 corpus weight
- gais
gais
76,127 corpus weight
What this shows « fractions » 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 | fractions |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁak.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #23,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fractions »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around fractions (IPA \fʁak.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,871 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de fraction.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for fractions, with forms such as "farctions", "ffractions", and "fracctions". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "friction", "frictions", "faction", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fractions, spelled F-R-A-C-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de fraction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fractions appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai suturé l’intestin grêle après avoir réséqué deux fractions d’anse de quinze centimètres chacune.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- farctions
- ffractions
- fracctions
- fracitons
- fractinos
- fractionns
- fractionss
- fractiosn
- fractoins
- fracttions
- fratcions
- frcations
- frractions
- rfactions
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fractions - 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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).