occasion
\ɔ.ka.zjɔ̃\
The verdict
“occasion” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #632. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #632
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rencontre, conjoncture ou concours fortuit et éphémère de circonstances qui favorise temporairement une entreprise, un dessein, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-occasion · occasion · French
occasion · rank #632 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #632
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH met
Nearest frequency peer: met (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “occasion”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- langue
langue
99,372 corpus weight
- meilleure
meilleure
99,371 corpus weight
- met
met
99,370 corpus weight
- occasion
occasion
99,369 corpus weight
- offre
offre
99,368 corpus weight
- perdu
perdu
99,367 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “occasion” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | occasion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.ka.zjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #632 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “occasion” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around occasion (IPA \ɔ.ka.zjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #632 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for occasion, with forms such as "cocasion", "ocacsion", and "ocasion". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "occasions", "occlusion", "occasionné", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 occasion, spelled O-C-C-A-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Rencontre, conjoncture ou concours fortuit et éphémère de circonstances qui favorise temporairement une entreprise, un dessein, etc.
- 2Ce qui donne lieu à une chose.
- 3Objet d’un prix moins élevé que celui des objets de même espèce, soit parce qu’il a déjà servi, soit pour toute autre raison.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how occasion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il régnait, en fait, depuis la maladie de son père (1179) et n’avait négligé aucune occasion d’affirmer son autorité, en prenant le contrepied des décisions paternelles.
Quelques hommes seulement prirent part aux obsèques et peu de femmes même, de celles qui profitent de toutes les occasions pour sortir leurs vêtements noirs, leurs toquets de crêpe et qui aiment renifler l’odeur de l’encens.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cocasion
- ocacsion
- ocasion
- occaison
- occasino
- occasionn
- occasoin
- occassion
- occsaion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of occasion - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "occasion", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "occasion" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "occasions". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #632 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "O" letter cohort. O–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.