injonction

\ɛ̃.ʒɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.ʒɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“injonction” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,706. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,706
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commandement exprès, énoncé d’une manière formelle et impérative, émanant souvent de l’autorité judiciaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-injonction · injonction · French

injonction · rank #14,706 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,706
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH infirmerie

Nearest frequency peer: infirmerie (-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 « injonction »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « injonction » 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).

injonction vs intonation
80% similar
injonction vs injonctions
91% similar
injonction vs injection
80% similar

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

Key facts for injonction
PropertyValue
Headwordinjonction
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.ʒɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#14,706
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « injonction »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).injonctionse 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 « infirmerie » (#14,705), « inquiets » (#14,707), « indéterminée » (#14,704). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « injonction » est au #14,706. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around injonction (IPA \ɛ̃.ʒɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,706 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commandement exprès, énoncé d’une manière formelle et impérative, émanant souvent de l’autorité judiciaire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for injonction, with forms such as "ijnonction", "injjonction", and "injnoction". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "intonation", "injonctions", "injection", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is injonction, spelled I-N-J-O-N-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commandement exprès, énoncé d’une manière formelle et impérative, émanant souvent de l’autorité judiciaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il paraît que le désespoir avait donné à cette courte, mais énergique injonction, un accent de menace qui résonna formidablement aux oreilles de Maurice, car il s'arrêta tout court.
  2. Sa femme s’étant obstinément refusée à céder à ses injonctions, il se résigna de fort méchante humeur à vaquer à ses travaux quotidiens dans la ferme ; […].

Synonyms

demandeordreprière

This word in other languages

injunction(English)Befehl(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ijnonction
  • injjonction
  • injnoction
  • injocntion
  • injoncction
  • injonciton
  • injonctino
  • injonctionn
  • injonctoin
  • injoncttion
  • injonnction
  • injontcion
  • innjonction
  • inojnction
  • nijonction

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ijnonction2injjonction1injnoction2injocntion2injoncction1injonciton2injonctino2injonctionn1
Edit distance from "injonction"

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 "injonction"?
"injonction" is spelled I-N-J-O-N-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.ʒɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\.
What does "injonction" mean?
As a noun, "injonction" means: Commandement exprès, énoncé d’une manière formelle et impérative, émanant souvent de l’autorité judiciaire.
What words are commonly confused with "injonction"?
"injonction" is commonly confused with "intonation", "injonctions", "injection". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "injonction"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "injonction" is \ɛ̃.ʒɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "injonction" come from?
"injonction" 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 "injonction", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

infirmerie#14,705irlandaise#14,712généralité#14,690grièvement#14,688

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

matérielles15 variantsmeurtrière15 variantsforestiers15 variantspromenades15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list