pulsion

\pyl.sjɔ̃\

/\pyl.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“pulsion” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,451. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,451
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propagation du mouvement dans un liquide ou un gaz.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pulsion · pulsion · French

pulsion · rank #25,451 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,451
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH puerto

Nearest frequency peer: puerto (-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 « pulsion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pulsion » 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).

pulsion vs pulsions
88% similar
pulsion vs passion
71% similar
pulsion vs pension
71% similar

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

Key facts for pulsion
PropertyValue
Headwordpulsion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pyl.sjɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,451
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pulsion »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pulsionse 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 « puerto » (#25,450), « punitions » (#25,452), « préhistoriques » (#25,449). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pulsion » est au #25,451. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around pulsion (IPA \pyl.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,451 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pulsion, with forms such as "plusion", "ppulsion", and "pulison". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "pulsions", "passion", "pension", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pulsion, spelled P-U-L-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propagation du mouvement dans un liquide ou un gaz.
  2. 2
    (Non désuet) Envoi d’air par ventilation dans un bâtiment (initialement pour assurer son chauffage).
  3. 3
    Activité psychique résultant de besoins physiologiques devant être assouvis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quand le chef monta sur l’estrade, le pianiste leva les yeux et lui sourit. Puis il hocha la tête, et l'on entendit le frémissement des violons, la pulsion d'un pouls profond qui annonçait l’entrée du piano.
  2. L’air qui est lancé dans les salles […] est échauffé par des tuyaux de vapeur. … La ventilation se fait par pulsion : l’air est lancé dans les salles par des ventilateurs mis en mouvement par une machine à vapeur alimentée par la chaudière.

Antonyms

aspirationextraction

This word in other languages

impulse(English)Trieb(Deutsch)impulso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • plusion
  • ppulsion
  • pulison
  • pullsion
  • pulsino
  • pulsionn
  • pulsoin
  • pulssion
  • puslion
  • uplsion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

plusion2ppulsion1pulison2pullsion1pulsino2pulsionn1pulsoin2pulssion1
Edit distance from "pulsion"

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 "pulsion"?
"pulsion" is spelled P-U-L-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pyl.sjɔ̃\.
What does "pulsion" mean?
As a noun, "pulsion" means: Propagation du mouvement dans un liquide ou un gaz.
What words are commonly confused with "pulsion"?
"pulsion" is commonly confused with "pulsions", "passion", "pension". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pulsion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pulsion" is \pyl.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pulsion" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

posters#25,445repérée#25,474reçoive#25,479oblique#25,418

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

possédée10 variantsrondelle10 variantssphinx10 variantssupplier10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list