mansion

\mɑ̃.sjɔ̃\

/\mɑ̃.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“mansion” is uncommon French (frequency #54,088 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,088
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Station, étape.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mansion · mansion · French

mansion · rank #54,088 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,088
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mangrove

Nearest frequency peer: mangrove (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « mansion »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mansion » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mansion
PropertyValue
Headwordmansion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,088
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mansion » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mansiontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « mangrove » (#54,087), « malicieuse » (#54,086), « marginalité » (#54,090). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mansion » est au #54,088. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mansion is uncommon French at frequency #54,088 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mansion, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mansion, spelled M-A-N-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Station, étape.
  2. 2
    Maison.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vous aurez soin, à chaque mansion, de faire mutiler les chevaux derrière vous, afin qu’on ne puisse vous poursuivre.
  2. Les 28 mansions de la lune.

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 "mansion"?
"mansion" is spelled M-A-N-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃.sjɔ̃\.
What does "mansion" mean?
As a noun, "mansion" means: Station, étape.
How do you pronounce "mansion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mansion" is \mɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mansion" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mansion", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list