ingestion

\ɛ̃.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“ingestion” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,635. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,635
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’ingérer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ingestion · ingestion · French

ingestion · rank #24,635 · 13 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,635
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH incorporation

Nearest frequency peer: incorporation (-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 « ingestion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ingestion » 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).

ingestion vs intestin
78% similar
ingestion vs Intention
67% similar
ingestion vs invention
78% similar

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

Key facts for ingestion
PropertyValue
Headwordingestion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,635
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ingestion »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ingestionse 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 « incorporation » (#24,634), « insulaire » (#24,636), « incitent » (#24,633). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « ingestion » est au #24,635. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around ingestion (IPA \ɛ̃.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,635 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action d’ingérer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ingestion, with forms such as "ignestion", "inegstion", and "ingesiton". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "intestin", "Intention", "invention", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ingestion, spelled I-N-G-E-S-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’ingérer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La digestion commence dans la cavité buccale où se font l’ingestion, la fragmentation et l’humidification des aliments.

This word in other languages

ingestion(English)ingestión(Español)ingestão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ignestion
  • inegstion
  • ingesiton
  • ingesstion
  • ingestino
  • ingestionn
  • ingestoin
  • ingesttion
  • ingetsion
  • inggestion
  • ingsetion
  • inngestion
  • nigestion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ingestion - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ignestion2inegstion2ingesiton2ingesstion1ingestino2ingestionn1ingestoin2ingesttion1
Edit distance from "ingestion"

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 "ingestion"?
"ingestion" is spelled I-N-G-E-S-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\.
What does "ingestion" mean?
As a noun, "ingestion" means: Action d’ingérer.
What words are commonly confused with "ingestion"?
"ingestion" is commonly confused with "intestin", "Intention", "invention". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ingestion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ingestion" is \ɛ̃.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ingestion" come from?
"ingestion" 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 "ingestion", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

insulaire#24,636huissiers#24,624habitable#24,620gonflable#24,614

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

immatériel13 variantsLibreville13 variantsnourrissant13 variantsenfantine13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list