munition

\my.ni.sjɔ̃\

/\my.ni.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“munition” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,502. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,502
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Projectiles, cartouches, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-munition · munition · French

munition · rank #36,502 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,502
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH motorisations

Nearest frequency peer: motorisations (-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 « munition »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « munition » 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).

munition vs mutation
75% similar
munition vs munitions
89% similar
munition vs mention
75% similar

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

Key facts for munition
PropertyValue
Headwordmunition
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\my.ni.sjɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#36,502
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « munition »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.munitionse 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 « motorisations » (#36,501), « myocarde » (#36,503), « moralisation » (#36,499). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « munition » est au #36,502. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around munition (IPA \my.ni.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,502 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for munition, with forms such as "mmunition", "mnuition", and "muintion". 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, "mutation", "munitions", "mention", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is munition, spelled M-U-N-I-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Projectiles, cartouches, etc.
  2. 2
    Approvisionnement d’un soldat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La première partie du chemin se fit à la raquette, et les bagages, les vivres et les munitions furent portés à force de bras sur des traîneaux sauvages appelés tabaganes.
  2. Les Rifains retranchés dans la montagne, tireurs adroits et ménagers de leurs munitions, s'étaient révélés comme des ennemis redoutables, […].

This word in other languages

ammunition(English)munición(Español)Munition(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmunition
  • mnuition
  • muintion
  • muniiton
  • munitino
  • munitionn
  • munitoin
  • munittion
  • munnition
  • muntiion
  • umnition

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mmunition1mnuition2muintion2muniiton2munitino2munitionn1munitoin2munittion1
Edit distance from "munition"

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 "munition"?
"munition" is spelled M-U-N-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \my.ni.sjɔ̃\.
What does "munition" mean?
As a noun, "munition" means: Projectiles, cartouches, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "munition"?
"munition" is commonly confused with "mutation", "munitions", "mention". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "munition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "munition" is \my.ni.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "munition" come from?
"munition" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

myocarde#36,503Montaigu#36,498Melchior#36,490maquillé#36,485

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

malbouffe11 variantspermises11 variantspoussettes11 variantspédaler11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list