poison

\pwa.zɔ̃\

/\pwa.zɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“poison” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,216. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,216
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance qui, introduite dans l’organisme, altère ou même détruit les fonctions vitales.

Corpus desk

Index FR-poison · poison · French

poison · rank #9,216 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,216
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plier

Nearest frequency peer: plier (-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 « poison »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « poison » 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).

poison vs prison
83% similar
poison vs Poitou
50% similar
poison vs poumon
67% similar

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

Key facts for poison
PropertyValue
Headwordpoison
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pwa.zɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,216
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poison »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.poisonse 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 « plier » (#9,215), « poumons » (#9,217), « ping » (#9,214). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « poison » est au #9,216. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around poison (IPA \pwa.zɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,216 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for poison, with forms such as "opison", "pioson", and "poiosn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "prison", "Poitou", "poumon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is poison, spelled P-O-I-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Substance qui, introduite dans l’organisme, altère ou même détruit les fonctions vitales.
  2. 2
    Ce qui corrompt le cœur ou l’esprit, en parlant des maximes pernicieuses, des écrits ou des discours.
  3. 3
    Chose qui trouble la raison, qui agite le cœur, qui nuit au bonheur de la vie.
  4. 4
    Action visant à nuire, et nuisant effectivement, quitte à tuer, annihiler.
  5. 5
    Méchante femme ; femme insupportable.
  6. 6
    Isotope qui possède une très grande section efficace de capture neutronique et qui inhibe ainsi les réactions nucléaires en chaînes nécessaires pour la fission.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et presque toujours, à proximité de la plantation, un sorcier vient s’installer, qui attire les Noirs crédules, qui leur dicte des ordres, leur vend, non seulement des gris-gris, mais des poisons, soit pour tuer le bétail, soit pour tuer les hommes.
  2. L'acide arsénieux est un des poisons les plus violents; il agit comme tel sur toutes les classes des animaux et sur les plantes.

Synonyms

poudre de successiontoxique

This word in other languages

poison(English)tósigo(Español)Gift(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opison
  • pioson
  • poiosn
  • poisno
  • poisonn
  • posion
  • ppoison

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

opison2pioson2poiosn2poisno2poisonn1posion2ppoison1
Edit distance from "poison"

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 "poison"?
"poison" is spelled P-O-I-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pwa.zɔ̃\.
What does "poison" mean?
As a noun, "poison" means: Substance qui, introduite dans l’organisme, altère ou même détruit les fonctions vitales.
What words are commonly confused with "poison"?
"poison" is commonly confused with "prison", "Poitou", "poumon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poison"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poison" is \pwa.zɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poison" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

plier7 variantsnoyer7 variantsrails7 variantsloger7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list