inspection

/\ɛ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,206

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

inspection is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action d’examiner avec attention ; observation. Pronounced \ɛ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #6,206 in French word frequency. Often confused with inspections and infection.

Key facts for inspection
PropertyValue
Headwordinspection
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,206
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of inspection in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for inspection is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,206 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for inspection, with forms such as "innspection", "inpsection", and "insepction". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "inspections", "infection", "injection", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is inspection, spelled I-N-S-P-E-C-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’examiner avec attention ; observation.
  2. 2
    Action d’examiner avec soin ce qu’on a la fonction de surveiller.
  3. 3
    Fonction d’inspecteur.
  4. 4
    Endroit où sont les bureaux de celui qui remplit cette fonction.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innspection,inpsection,insepction,inspcetion,inspecction,inspeciton,inspectino,inspectionn,inspectoin,inspecttion,inspetcion,insppection,insspection,isnpection,nispection

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for inspection

Misspelling Variants of "inspection"

innspection11inpsection10insepction10inspcetion10inspecction11inspeciton10inspectino10inspectionn11
Misspelling Variants of "inspection"

Frequency rank: #6,206 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inspection"?
"inspection" is spelled I-N-S-P-E-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃\.
What does "inspection" mean?
As a noun, "inspection" means: Action d’examiner avec attention ; observation.
What words are commonly confused with "inspection"?
"inspection" is commonly confused with "inspections", "infection", "injection". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inspection"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inspection" is \ɛ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inspection" come from?
"inspection" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter I in our French index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.