illustrations

\i.lys.tʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\i.lys.tʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“illustrations” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,862. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,862
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-illustrations · illustrations · French

illustrations · rank #8,862 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,862
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH honorable

Nearest frequency peer: honorable (-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 « illustrations »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « illustrations » 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).

illustrations vs illustration
92% similar

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

Key facts for illustrations
PropertyValue
Headwordillustrations
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.lys.tʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#8,862
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « illustrations »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).illustrationsse 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 « honorable » (#8,861), « imprimerie » (#8,863), « grammes » (#8,860). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « illustrations » est au #8,862. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around illustrations (IPA \i.lys.tʁa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,862 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de illustration.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for illustrations, with forms such as "illsutrations", "illusrtations", and "illusstrations". 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, "illustration", 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 illustrations, spelled I-L-L-U-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de illustration.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • illsutrations
  • illusrtations
  • illusstrations
  • illustartions
  • illustraitons
  • illustratinos
  • illustrationns
  • illustrationss
  • illustratiosn
  • illustratoins
  • illustrattions
  • illustrrations
  • illustrtaions
  • illusttrations
  • illutsrations
  • ilulstrations
  • ilustrations
  • lilustrations

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of illustrations - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

illsutrations2illusrtations2illusstrations1illustartions2illustraitons2illustratinos2illustrationns1illustrationss1
Edit distance from "illustrations"

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 "illustrations"?
"illustrations" is spelled I-L-L-U-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \i.lys.tʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "illustrations" mean?
As a noun, "illustrations" means: Pluriel de illustration.
What words are commonly confused with "illustrations"?
"illustrations" is commonly confused with "illustration". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "illustrations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "illustrations" is \i.lys.tʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "illustrations" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

francophonie18 variantscontrepartie18 variantspréliminaire18 variantssignificatif18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list