occasions
\ɔ.ka.zjɔ̃\
The verdict
“occasions” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,590. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,590
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de occasion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-occasions · occasions · French
occasions · rank #5,590 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,590
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH négociation
Nearest frequency peer: négociation (-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 « occasions »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- nettoyer
nettoyer
94,413 corpus weight
- négociation
négociation
94,412 corpus weight
- occasions
occasions
94,411 corpus weight
- payés
payés
94,410 corpus weight
- perdent
perdent
94,409 corpus weight
- pic
pic
94,408 corpus weight
What this shows « occasions » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | occasions |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.ka.zjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,590 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « occasions »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around occasions (IPA \ɔ.ka.zjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,590 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de occasion.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for occasions, with forms such as "cocasions", "ocacsions", and "ocasions". 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, "occasion", "occasionné", "occasionnés", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is occasions, spelled O-C-C-A-S-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de occasion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how occasions appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cocasions
- ocacsions
- ocasions
- occaisons
- occasinos
- occasionns
- occasionss
- occasiosn
- occasoins
- occassions
- occsaions
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of occasions - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).