protection

\pʁɔ.tɛk.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁɔ.tɛk.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“protection” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,095. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,095
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de protéger, de défendre quelqu’un, de veiller à ce qu’il ne lui arrive pas de mal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-protection · protection · French

protection · rank #1,095 · 15 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,095
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH ouvert

Nearest frequency peer: ouvert (-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 « protection »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « protection » 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).

protection vs protections
91% similar
protection vs production
80% similar
protection vs projection
90% similar

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

Key facts for protection
PropertyValue
Headwordprotection
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.tɛk.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,095
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « protection »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).protectionse 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 « ouvert » (#1,094), « revenir » (#1,096), « mémoire » (#1,093). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « protection » est au #1,095. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around protection (IPA \pʁɔ.tɛk.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,095 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for protection, with forms such as "portection", "pprotection", and "proetction". 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, "protections", "production", "projection", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is protection, spelled P-R-O-T-E-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de protéger, de défendre quelqu’un, de veiller à ce qu’il ne lui arrive pas de mal.
  2. 2
    Action de prendre soin de la fortune, des intérêts de quelqu’un, de favoriser l’accroissement, le progrès, la défense de quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Personne qui en protège, qui en favorise d’autres.
  4. 4
    Objet qui assure la sécurité des biens ou des personnes.
  5. 5
    Emploi de protecteur à la cour papale de Rome.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Depuis que la Gaule est privée de la protection de Rome, sa tutrice, elle est ravagée par une série d’invasions, ….
  2. Sous les Carolingiens, les Capitulaires recommandent au Comte de veiller à la protection des orphelins; il ne s’agit en somme que de l’exercice pratique de la mainbournie royale.

This word in other languages

protection(English)protección(Español)Schutz(Deutsch)proteção(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • portection
  • pprotection
  • proetction
  • protcetion
  • protecction
  • proteciton
  • protectino
  • protectionn
  • protectoin
  • protecttion
  • protetcion
  • prottection
  • prrotection
  • prtoection
  • rpotection

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of protection - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

portection2pprotection1proetction2protcetion2protecction1proteciton2protectino2protectionn1
Edit distance from "protection"

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 "protection"?
"protection" is spelled P-R-O-T-E-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.tɛk.sjɔ̃\.
What does "protection" mean?
As a noun, "protection" means: Action de protéger, de défendre quelqu’un, de veiller à ce qu’il ne lui arrive pas de mal.
What words are commonly confused with "protection"?
"protection" is commonly confused with "protections", "production", "projection". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "protection"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "protection" is \pʁɔ.tɛk.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "protection" come from?
"protection" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

absolument#1,083historique#1,115différence#1,060américaine#1,054

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

traitement15 variantsimportante15 variantstransport15 variantsaméricains15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list