promotion

\pʁɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“promotion” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,379. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,379
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action par laquelle on élève à la fois plusieurs personnes à un même grade, à une même dignité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-promotion · promotion · French

promotion · rank #2,379 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,379
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH policier

Nearest frequency peer: policier (-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 « promotion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « promotion » 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).

promotion vs proportion
80% similar
promotion vs promotions
90% similar
promotion vs probation
78% similar

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

Key facts for promotion
PropertyValue
Headwordpromotion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,379
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « promotion »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).promotionse 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 « policier » (#2,377), « présents » (#2,381), « Patrick » (#2,375). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « promotion » est au #2,379. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around promotion (IPA \pʁɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,379 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for promotion, with forms such as "pormotion", "ppromotion", and "prmootion". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "proportion", "promotions", "probation", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is promotion, spelled P-R-O-M-O-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action par laquelle on élève à la fois plusieurs personnes à un même grade, à une même dignité.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des élèves d’une même année.
  3. 3
    Nomination, élévation d’une ou de plusieurs personnes à une dignité, à un emploi supérieur.
  4. 4
    Ensemble des moyens mis en œuvre pour promouvoir un bien, un service ou un évènement.
  5. 5
    Événement organisé pour un temps limité afin d'attirer l'attention sur une offre ou un produit en proposant des conditions spéciales.
  6. 6
    Échange immédiat d'un pion par une pièce quand il atteint la dernière rangée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le pape fit une promotion de quatre cardinaux.
  2. Le roi fit une promotion de pairs, d’officiers généraux.

Synonyms

appuiencouragementpromocohortesoutienvolée

Antonyms

démotiondestitutiondéboulonnage

This word in other languages

promotion(English)promoción(Español)Jahrgang(Deutsch)acesso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pormotion
  • ppromotion
  • prmootion
  • prommotion
  • promoiton
  • promotino
  • promotionn
  • promotoin
  • promottion
  • promtoion
  • proomtion
  • prromotion
  • rpomotion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pormotion2ppromotion1prmootion2prommotion1promoiton2promotino2promotionn1promotoin2
Edit distance from "promotion"

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 "promotion"?
"promotion" is spelled P-R-O-M-O-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃\.
What does "promotion" mean?
As a noun, "promotion" means: Action par laquelle on élève à la fois plusieurs personnes à un même grade, à une même dignité.
What words are commonly confused with "promotion"?
"promotion" is commonly confused with "proportion", "promotions", "probation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "promotion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "promotion" is \pʁɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "promotion" come from?
"promotion" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

règlement#2,384véhicules#2,401Allemande#2,405collectif#2,414

Similar misspelling depth

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

méthodes13 variantscommercial13 variantschansons13 variantscondamné13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list