hésitations

\e.zi.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\e.zi.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“hésitations” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,403. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,403
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de hésitation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hesitations · hésitations · French

hésitations · rank #26,403 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,403
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH imbattable

Nearest frequency peer: imbattable (+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 « hésitations »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hésitations » 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).

hésitations vs hésitation
91% similar
hésitations vs habitations
82% similar

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

Key facts for hésitations
PropertyValue
Headwordhésitations
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.zi.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#26,403
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hésitations »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.hésitationsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « imbattable » (#26,404), « hurlent » (#26,401), « implémentation » (#26,405). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hésitations » est au #26,403. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around hésitations (IPA \e.zi.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,403 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de hésitation.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for hésitations, with forms such as "hesitations", "hhésitations", and "hséitations". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "hésitation", "habitations", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hésitations, spelled H-É-S-I-T-A-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de hésitation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’angoisse dans ma voix, le débit lent, ânonnant, les nombreuses hésitations avaient littéralement massacré ce texte d’anthologie.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hesitations
  • hhésitations
  • hséitations
  • héistations
  • hésiattions
  • hésitaitons
  • hésitatinos
  • hésitationns
  • hésitationss
  • hésitatiosn
  • hésitatoins
  • hésitattions
  • hésittaions
  • hésittations
  • héssitations
  • héstiations
  • éhsitations

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hesitations1hhésitations1hséitations2héistations2hésiattions2hésitaitons2hésitatinos2hésitationns1
Edit distance from "hésitations"

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 "hésitations"?
"hésitations" is spelled H-É-S-I-T-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.zi.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "hésitations" mean?
As a noun, "hésitations" means: Pluriel de hésitation.
What words are commonly confused with "hésitations"?
"hésitations" is commonly confused with "hésitation", "habitations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hésitations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hésitations" is \e.zi.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hésitations" come from?
"hésitations" 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 "hésitations", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list