injection

\ɛ̃.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“injection” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,451. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,451
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action par laquelle on injecte un liquide dans le corps ou dans une plaie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-injection · injection · French

injection · rank #7,451 · 13 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,451
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impériale

Nearest frequency peer: impériale (-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 « injection »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « injection » 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).

injection vs Intention
67% similar
injection vs invention
78% similar
injection vs insertion
78% similar

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

Key facts for injection
PropertyValue
Headwordinjection
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,451
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « injection »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).injectionse 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 « impériale » (#7,450), « intimité » (#7,452), « isolement » (#7,453). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « injection » est au #7,451. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around injection (IPA \ɛ̃.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,451 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for injection, with forms such as "ijnection", "inejction", and "injcetion". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Intention", "invention", "insertion", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 injection, spelled I-N-J-E-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action par laquelle on injecte un liquide dans le corps ou dans une plaie.
  2. 2
    Liquide que l’on injecte.
  3. 3
    Action d’injecter divers produit dans un cadavre dans un but de conservation ou de préparation à une dissection.
  4. 4
    Action d’injecter une matière étrangère dans un environnement.
  5. 5
    Dispositif d’alimentation d’un moteur à explosion, permettant d'acheminer le mélange air-essence dans la chambre de combustion.
  6. 6
    Applicationf d'un ensemble dans un autre telle que tout élément de son ensemble d'arrivée a au plus un antécédent par f, ce qui revient à dire que deux éléments distincts de son ensemble de départ ne peuvent pas avoir la même image par f.
  7. 7
    Envoi d’information (requête, code, courant, tension) à une unité de traitement pour extraire une information.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette séquence ne peut pas complètement remplacer l’angio-IRM avec injection de produit de contraste.
  2. Quelques observations d’empoisonnement à la suite d’injections vaginales avec de l’eau de Goulard, de l'usage de collyres à base de plomb, montrent que l'absorption se fait par les diverses muqueuses.

Synonyms

injecinjec’piqûre

This word in other languages

injection(English)inyección(Español)Spritze(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ijnection
  • inejction
  • injcetion
  • injecction
  • injeciton
  • injectino
  • injectionn
  • injectoin
  • injecttion
  • injetcion
  • injjection
  • innjection
  • nijection

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ijnection2inejction2injcetion2injecction1injeciton2injectino2injectionn1injectoin2
Edit distance from "injection"

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 "injection"?
"injection" is spelled I-N-J-E-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\.
What does "injection" mean?
As a noun, "injection" means: Action par laquelle on injecte un liquide dans le corps ou dans une plaie.
What words are commonly confused with "injection"?
"injection" is commonly confused with "Intention", "invention", "insertion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "injection"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "injection" is \ɛ̃.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "injection" come from?
"injection" 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 "injection", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

impériale#7,450isolement#7,453gravement#7,445locataire#7,457

Similar misspelling depth

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

Elizabeth13 variantseffectuées13 variantspréjugés13 variantsthéologie13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list