propension
\pʁɔ.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“propension” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,734. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,734
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tendance naturelle vers un état, une action ; penchant ; inclination.
Corpus desk
Index FR-propension · propension · French
propension · rank #21,734 · 15 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,734
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pronom
Nearest frequency peer: pronom (-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 « propension »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- promeut
promeut
78,269 corpus weight
- pronom
pronom
78,268 corpus weight
- propension
propension
78,267 corpus weight
- prospérer
prospérer
78,266 corpus weight
- préalables
préalables
78,265 corpus weight
- précoces
précoces
78,264 corpus weight
What this shows « propension » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | propension |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #21,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « propension »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around propension (IPA \pʁɔ.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,734 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tendance naturelle vers un état, une action ; penchant ; inclination.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for propension, with forms such as "porpension", "ppropension", and "proepnsion". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "propulsion", "profession", "procession", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is propension, spelled P-R-O-P-E-N-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Tendance naturelle vers un état, une action ; penchant ; inclination.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how propension appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Vous n’avez pas été trop malheureux chez nous, tous les deux, dit Boussuge, avec cette propension de quelques personnes charitables à se contempler dans leur bienfait.
[…] j’essayais de réagir contre la propension de la finance française à orienter trop exclusivement notre épargne vers les placements à l’extérieur, surtout vers l’achat des fonds d’État étrangers.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porpension
- ppropension
- proepnsion
- propenison
- propennsion
- propensino
- propensionn
- propensoin
- propenssion
- propesnion
- propnesion
- proppension
- prpoension
- prropension
- rpopension
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of propension - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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