implosion

\ɛ̃.plo.zjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.plo.zjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“implosion” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,090. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,090
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écrasement d'un corps creux dont les parois s'écrasent par l'effet d'une pression extérieure plus forte que la pression intérieure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-implosion · implosion · French

implosion · rank #35,090 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #35,090
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH imposants

Nearest frequency peer: imposants (+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 « implosion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « implosion » 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).

implosion vs impulsion
78% similar

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

Key facts for implosion
PropertyValue
Headwordimplosion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.plo.zjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#35,090
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « implosion »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « imposants » (#35,091), « imprègne » (#35,092), « hématome » (#35,087). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « implosion » est au #35,090. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around implosion (IPA \ɛ̃.plo.zjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,090 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Écrasement d'un corps creux dont les parois s'écrasent par l'effet d'une pression extérieure plus forte que la pression intérieure.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for implosion, with forms such as "imlposion", "immplosion", and "impllosion". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "impulsion", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is implosion, spelled I-M-P-L-O-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Écrasement d'un corps creux dont les parois s'écrasent par l'effet d'une pression extérieure plus forte que la pression intérieure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’explosion des couches externes d’une supernova massive accompagne l’implosion du cœur de fer de l’ancienne étoile.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imlposion
  • immplosion
  • impllosion
  • imploison
  • implosino
  • implosionn
  • implosoin
  • implossion
  • implsoion
  • impolsion
  • impplosion
  • ipmlosion
  • miplosion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

imlposion2immplosion1impllosion1imploison2implosino2implosionn1implosoin2implossion1
Edit distance from "implosion"

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 "implosion"?
"implosion" is spelled I-M-P-L-O-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.plo.zjɔ̃\.
What does "implosion" mean?
As a noun, "implosion" means: Écrasement d'un corps creux dont les parois s'écrasent par l'effet d'une pression extérieure plus forte que la pression intérieure.
What words are commonly confused with "implosion"?
"implosion" is commonly confused with "impulsion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "implosion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "implosion" is \ɛ̃.plo.zjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "implosion" come from?
"implosion" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

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 (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list