pondération

\pɔ̃.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\pɔ̃.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“pondération” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,746. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,746
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relation entre des poids ou des puissances qui s’équilibrent mutuellement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ponderation · pondération · French

pondération · rank #30,746 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,746
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH polonaises

Nearest frequency peer: polonaises (-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 « pondération »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pondération » 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
Key facts for pondération
PropertyValue
Headwordpondération
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ̃.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#30,746
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pondération »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pondérationse 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 « polonaises » (#30,745), « postez » (#30,747), « poignarder » (#30,744). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pondération » est au #30,746. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around pondération (IPA \pɔ̃.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,746 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for pondération, with forms such as "opndération", "pnodération", and "podnération". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pondération, spelled P-O-N-D-É-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relation entre des poids ou des puissances qui s’équilibrent mutuellement.
  2. 2
    Balancement des masses ; équilibre des figures.
  3. 3
    Juste équilibre.
  4. 4
    Modération, état de ce qui est pondéré, bien équilibré.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Malheureusement le Chourineur connaissait peu les lois du levier et de la pondération des corps
  2. La pondération des pouvoirs.

This word in other languages

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opndération
  • pnodération
  • podnération
  • ponddération
  • ponderation
  • pondréation
  • pondéartion
  • pondéraiton
  • pondératino
  • pondérationn
  • pondératoin
  • pondérattion
  • pondérration
  • pondértaion
  • ponndération
  • ponédration
  • ppondération

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pondération - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

opndération2pnodération2podnération2ponddération1ponderation1pondréation2pondéartion2pondéraiton2
Edit distance from "pondération"

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 "pondération"?
"pondération" is spelled P-O-N-D-É-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ̃.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "pondération" mean?
As a noun, "pondération" means: Relation entre des poids ou des puissances qui s’équilibrent mutuellement.
What are common misspellings of "pondération"?
Common misspellings include "opndération", "pnodération", "podnération", "ponddération", "ponderation". The correct spelling is "pondération".
How do you pronounce "pondération"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pondération" is \pɔ̃.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pondération" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list