insurrection

\ɛ̃.sy.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.sy.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“insurrection” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,026. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,026
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soulèvement contre un pouvoir établi ou une autorité arbitraire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-insurrection · insurrection · French

insurrection · rank #9,026 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,026
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH indirectement

Nearest frequency peer: indirectement (-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 « insurrection »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « insurrection » 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).

insurrection vs insurrections
92% similar

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

Key facts for insurrection
PropertyValue
Headwordinsurrection
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.sy.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#9,026
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « insurrection »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).insurrectionse 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 « indirectement » (#9,025), « ix » (#9,027), « impérial » (#9,024). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « insurrection » est au #9,026. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around insurrection (IPA \ɛ̃.sy.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,026 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Soulèvement contre un pouvoir établi ou une autorité arbitraire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for insurrection, with forms such as "innsurrection", "insrurection", and "inssurrection". 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, "insurrections", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is insurrection, spelled I-N-S-U-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soulèvement contre un pouvoir établi ou une autorité arbitraire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quand le gouvernement viole les droits du peuple, l’insurrection est, pour le peuple et pour chaque portion du peuple, le plus sacré des droits et le plus indispensable des devoirs.
  2. Tout cela, c’est de la littérature, de la pure littérature. Ici, avec de pareilles idées, on aurait tôt fait de provoquer une insurrection!

This word in other languages

insurrection(English)insurrección(Español)Aufstand(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innsurrection
  • insrurection
  • inssurrection
  • insurection
  • insurerction
  • insurrcetion
  • insurrecction
  • insurreciton
  • insurrectino
  • insurrectionn
  • insurrectoin
  • insurrecttion
  • insurretcion
  • inusrrection
  • isnurrection
  • nisurrection

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

innsurrection1insrurection2inssurrection1insurection1insurerction2insurrcetion2insurrecction1insurreciton2
Edit distance from "insurrection"

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 "insurrection"?
"insurrection" is spelled I-N-S-U-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.sy.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\.
What does "insurrection" mean?
As a noun, "insurrection" means: Soulèvement contre un pouvoir établi ou une autorité arbitraire.
What words are commonly confused with "insurrection"?
"insurrection" is commonly confused with "insurrections". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insurrection"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insurrection" is \ɛ̃.sy.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insurrection" come from?
"insurrection" 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 "insurrection", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mathématique#9,038sensiblement#9,075accumulation#8,951accouchement#9,107

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

publicités16 variantsconstruits16 variantssupériorité16 variantsarchéologie16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list