passion

\pa.sjɔ̃\

/\pa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“passion” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,238
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grandes douleurs ; souffrance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-passion · passion · French

passion · rank #2,238 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,238
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Papa

Nearest frequency peer: Papa (-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 « passion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « passion » 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).

passion vs pension
71% similar
passion vs passive
71% similar
passion vs pulsion
71% similar

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

Key facts for passion
PropertyValue
Headwordpassion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.sjɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,238
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « passion »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).passionse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Papa » (#2,237), « pourront » (#2,239), « objectifs » (#2,236). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « passion » est au #2,238. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around passion (IPA \pa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,238 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for passion, with forms such as "apssion", "pasion", and "pasison". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "pension", "passive", "pulsion", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists 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 passion, spelled P-A-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grandes douleurs ; souffrance.
  2. 2
    Vif sentiment, émotion vivement ressentie.
  3. 3
    Vif sentiment amoureux.
  4. 4
    Goût très prononcé, voire irrésistible, pour une activité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces braves gens n’avaient pas l’air candide et pur d’un jeune séminariste, oh ! non. On voyait à leurs traits durs et prononcés, à leur teint hâlé, à leur front sillonné, que les passions — et quelles passions ! -, que les passions avaient passé par là, et qu’ils avaient mené une vie, hélas ! bien orageuse, ces honnêtes compagnons.
  2. Ce sont là des passions trop enivrantes pour que le cœur humain les ressente et conserve la force de les combattre.

Synonyms

souffranceamourinclination

Antonyms

indolence

This word in other languages

passion(English)pasión(Español)Leidenschaft(Deutsch)ardor(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apssion
  • pasion
  • pasison
  • passino
  • passionn
  • passoin
  • ppassion
  • psasion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apssion2pasion1pasison2passino2passionn1passoin2ppassion1psasion2
Edit distance from "passion"

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 "passion"?
"passion" is spelled P-A-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "passion" mean?
As a noun, "passion" means: Grandes douleurs ; souffrance.
What words are commonly confused with "passion"?
"passion" is commonly confused with "pension", "passive", "pulsion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "passion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "passion" is \pa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "passion" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

inutile#2,230richard#2,247composé#2,219attendu#2,215

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

impôt8 variantssavait8 variantsaiment8 variantsépouse8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list