gestion

Name: gestion, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\

/\ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“gestion” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,064. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,064
frequency rank, French: 2,617
“G” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action et effet de gérer, d’administrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gestion · gestion · French

gestion · rank #1,064 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #1,064
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 2,617
PHOTO-FINISH fou

Nearest frequency peer: fou (-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.

fonds

98,939
fou

98,938
gestion

98,937
juge

98,936
mesures

98,935
Mme

98,934

What this shows « gestion » 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).

gestion vs gestions

88% similar

gestion vs Gaston

57% similar

gestion vs gestation

78% similar

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

Key facts for gestion
Property	Value
Headword	gestion
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#1,064
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gestion »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gestionse place ici:

#1,064

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fou » (#1,063), « juge » (#1,065), « fonds » (#1,062). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gestion » est au #1,064. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around gestion (IPA \ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,064 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action et effet de gérer, d’administrer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gestion, with forms such as "egstion", "gesiton", and "gesstion". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "gestions", "Gaston", "gestation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gestion, spelled G-E-S-T-I-O-N.

Definition

1
Action et effet de gérer, d’administrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Si ce n'était que cela, comme au bon vieux temps, mais la gestion d'une entreprise viticole nécessite une paperasserie courtelinesque et kafkaïenne à la fois.

Synonyms

administration gérance

This word in other languages

management(English)gestión(Español)Leitung(Deutsch)gestão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

egstion
gesiton
gesstion
gestino
gestionn
gestoin
gesttion
getsion
ggestion
gsetion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "gestion"

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 "gestion"?

"gestion" is spelled G-E-S-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\.

What does "gestion" mean?

As a noun, "gestion" means: Action et effet de gérer, d’administrer.

What words are commonly confused with "gestion"?

"gestion" is commonly confused with "gestions", "Gaston", "gestation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "gestion"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gestion" is \ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "gestion" come from?

"gestion" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mesures#1,066 sociaux#1,074 suivant#1,075 actions#1,051

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

mètres10 variants viennent10 variants utilisé10 variants secteur10 variants