frustration

\fʁys.tʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\fʁys.tʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“frustration” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,164. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,164
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte d'état mental caractérisé par un déséquilibre entre un désir ou une attente et sa réalisation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frustration · frustration · French

frustration · rank #10,164 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #10,164
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fraîcheur

Nearest frequency peer: fraîcheur (-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 « frustration »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « frustration » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

frustration vs frustrations
92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for frustration
PropertyValue
Headwordfrustration
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁys.tʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#10,164
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frustration »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).frustrationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fraîcheur » (#10,163), « fréquences » (#10,165), « figurer » (#10,161). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frustration » est au #10,164. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around frustration (IPA \fʁys.tʁa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,164 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sorte d'état mental caractérisé par un déséquilibre entre un désir ou une attente et sa réalisation.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for frustration, with forms such as "ffrustration", "frrustration", and "frsutration". 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, "frustrations", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is frustration, spelled F-R-U-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte d'état mental caractérisé par un déséquilibre entre un désir ou une attente et sa réalisation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how frustration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On pourrait multiplier les exemples d’amélioration qualitative du style de vie par la technologie, où le progrès réalisé est disproportionné à l'investissement économique nécessaire. La pilule supprime les frustrations et les aléas du coït interrompu.
  2. En dépit de sa réussite, l’Europe connaissait d’intenses frustrations. Cette réussite était pourtant éclatante. Les progrès scientifiques, technologiques et industriels y étaient impressionnants.

This word in other languages

frustration(English)frustración(Español)Frustration(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffrustration
  • frrustration
  • frsutration
  • frusrtation
  • frusstration
  • frustartion
  • frustraiton
  • frustratino
  • frustrationn
  • frustratoin
  • frustrattion
  • frustrration
  • frustrtaion
  • frusttration
  • frutsration
  • furstration
  • rfustration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frustration - 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.

ffrustration1frrustration1frsutration2frusrtation2frusstration1frustartion2frustraiton2frustratino2
Edit distance from "frustration"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "frustration"?
"frustration" is spelled F-R-U-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁys.tʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "frustration" mean?
As a noun, "frustration" means: Sorte d'état mental caractérisé par un déséquilibre entre un désir ou une attente et sa réalisation.
What words are commonly confused with "frustration"?
"frustration" is commonly confused with "frustrations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frustration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frustration" is \fʁys.tʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frustration" come from?
"frustration" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "frustration", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

orientations17 variantstransporté17 variantssélectionnés17 variantsaccompagnent17 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list