procession

\pʁɔ.se.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁɔ.se.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“procession” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,727. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,727
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cortège de prêtres et de fidèles à l’occasion d’une cérémonie religieuse, dans l’intérieur ou au-dehors des lieux de culte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-procession · procession · French

procession · rank #15,727 · 13 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,727
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH primitive

Nearest frequency peer: primitive (-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 « procession »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « procession » 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).

procession vs profession
90% similar
procession vs propension
80% similar
procession vs progression
82% similar

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

Key facts for procession
PropertyValue
Headwordprocession
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.se.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#15,727
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « procession »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.processionse 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 « primitive » (#15,726), « proclamation » (#15,728), « poutre » (#15,725). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « procession » est au #15,727. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around procession (IPA \pʁɔ.se.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,727 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for procession, with forms such as "porcession", "pprocession", and "prcoession". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "profession", "propension", "progression", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is procession, spelled P-R-O-C-E-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cortège de prêtres et de fidèles à l’occasion d’une cérémonie religieuse, dans l’intérieur ou au-dehors des lieux de culte.
  2. 2
    Fait de procéder.
  3. 3
    Longue suite de personnes qui marchent comme à la file.
  4. 4
    Visites qui se suivent à bref intervalle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quant à la procession en elle-même, outre le personnel d’un nombreux clergé, prêtres, chantres, porte-châsses, porte-bannières , etc., elle s’avançait précédée de deux tambours, avec une escorte de six hallebardiers et douze porte-torches.
  2. Étant seule, elle a le loisir de trotter légèrement. Ses hauts talons glissent. Quand elle sortait avec ses cousines, elle marchait toujours d’un pas de procession.

Synonyms

théorie

This word in other languages

procession(English)procesión(Español)Prozession(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porcession
  • pprocession
  • prcoession
  • proccession
  • procesion
  • procesison
  • processino
  • processionn
  • processoin
  • procsesion
  • proecssion
  • prrocession
  • rpocession

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

porcession2pprocession1prcoession2proccession1procesion1procesison2processino2processionn1
Edit distance from "procession"

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 "procession"?
"procession" is spelled P-R-O-C-E-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.se.sjɔ̃\.
What does "procession" mean?
As a noun, "procession" means: Cortège de prêtres et de fidèles à l’occasion d’une cérémonie religieuse, dans l’intérieur ou au-dehors des lieux de culte.
What words are commonly confused with "procession"?
"procession" is commonly confused with "profession", "propension", "progression". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "procession"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "procession" is \pʁɔ.se.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "procession" come from?
"procession" 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 "procession", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prévoyance#15,731revêtement#15,745saturation#15,756multimédia#15,687

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

primitive13 variantspersuader13 variantsrefroidir13 variantsretournée13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list