prescription

\pʁɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“prescription” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,759. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,759
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Protocole médicamenteux émis par un médecin en vue de guérir une affection.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prescription · prescription · French

prescription · rank #8,759 · 19 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,759
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pourvu

Nearest frequency peer: pourvu (-2 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 « prescription »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prescription » 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).

prescription vs prescriptions
92% similar

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

Key facts for prescription
PropertyValue
Headwordprescription
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#8,759
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prescription »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).prescriptionse 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 « pourvu » (#8,757), « prélèvement » (#8,761), « posture » (#8,756). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prescription » est au #8,759. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around prescription (IPA \pʁɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,759 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for prescription, with forms such as "perscription", "pprescription", and "precsription". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "prescriptions", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is prescription, spelled P-R-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Protocole médicamenteux émis par un médecin en vue de guérir une affection.
  2. 2
    Ordre, précepte de la loi.
  3. 3
    Acquisition de la propriété d’une chose, par une possession non interrompue pendant un temps que la loi détermine; et aussi de la libération d’une dette, d’une servitude, d’une poursuite juridique, d’une peine, à la suite d’un certain laps de temps.
  4. 4
    Délai écoulé suffisamment long pour qu’aucune action ne puisse plus être entreprise.
  5. 5
    Ensemble de règles et de conseils formalisés par écrit règlementant officiellement une activité, généralement professionnelle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Même dans la lutte constante qu’il avait à soutenir contre la mauvaise volonté des indigènes qui ne voulaient pas suivre ses prescriptions, ni surtout améliorer leur hygiène, Jacques avait emporté quelques victoires.
  2. La cure de boisson est la base du traitement à Vals. L’eau y est consommée suivant les prescriptions médicales dans des buvettes élégantes et bien agencées.

Synonyms

traitement

This word in other languages

prescription(English)prescripción(Español)Verschreibung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • perscription
  • pprescription
  • precsription
  • presccription
  • prescirption
  • prescripiton
  • prescripption
  • prescriptino
  • prescriptionn
  • prescriptoin
  • prescripttion
  • prescritpion
  • prescrpition
  • prescrription
  • presrciption
  • presscription
  • prrescription
  • prsecription
  • rpescription

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prescription - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

perscription2pprescription1precsription2presccription1prescirption2prescripiton2prescripption1prescriptino2
Edit distance from "prescription"

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 "prescription"?
"prescription" is spelled P-R-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\.
What does "prescription" mean?
As a noun, "prescription" means: Protocole médicamenteux émis par un médecin en vue de guérir une affection.
What words are commonly confused with "prescription"?
"prescription" is commonly confused with "prescriptions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prescription"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prescription" is \pʁɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prescription" come from?
"prescription" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reconstruire#8,766regroupement#8,767représentait#8,768efficacement#8,699

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

organisateurs19 variantsdéménagement19 variantsconservatoire19 variantsdiplomatiques19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list