question

\kɛs.tjɔ̃\

/\kɛs.tjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“question” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #258. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#258
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interrogation, demande que l’on fait pour s’informer de quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-question · question · French

question · rank #258 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #258
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH pouvoir

Nearest frequency peer: pouvoir (-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 « question »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « question » 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).

question vs questions
89% similar
question vs questionné
80% similar
question vs Quentin
63% similar

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

Key facts for question
PropertyValue
Headwordquestion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɛs.tjɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#258
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « question »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).questionse 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 « pouvoir » (#257), « raison » (#259), « sens » (#260). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « question » est au #258. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around question (IPA \kɛs.tjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #258 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for question, with forms such as "qeustion", "qquestion", and "quesiton". 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, "questions", "questionné", "Quentin", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is question, spelled Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interrogation, demande que l’on fait pour s’informer de quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Type de phrase pour demander une information, généralement avec un syntagme ou une particule interrogative, ou avec l’ordre des mots spécial. → voir phrase interrogative.
  3. 3
    Phrase dont le but est d’inviter un auditeur, un lecteur à donner une explication, un renseignement, ou tout cas appelant une réponse.
  4. 4
    Interrogations que l’on adresse à un élève dans un examen.
  5. 5
    Proposition qu’il y a lieu d’examiner, de discuter, difficulté dont on cherche la solution.
  6. 6
    Affaire considérable soumise à l’examen du gouvernement, d’une assemblée, du public.
  7. 7
    Torture qui était infligée aux accusés, en matière criminelle, pour leur arracher des aveux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dumay ne demanda rien à son patron, il ne lui fit pas de questions sur ses projets.
  2. Ils firent mille questions sur Julien. Elle répondait à chacune, mais eut soin de taire l’idée funèbre qui les concernait.

Synonyms

interrogation

Antonyms

réponse

This word in other languages

question(English)pregunta(Español)Frage(Deutsch)pergunta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qeustion
  • qquestion
  • quesiton
  • quesstion
  • questino
  • questionn
  • questoin
  • questtion
  • quetsion
  • qusetion
  • uqestion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

qeustion2qquestion1quesiton2quesstion1questino2questionn1questoin2questtion1
Edit distance from "question"

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 "question"?
"question" is spelled Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɛs.tjɔ̃\.
What does "question" mean?
As a noun, "question" means: Interrogation, demande que l’on fait pour s’informer de quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "question"?
"question" is commonly confused with "questions", "questionné", "Quentin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "question"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "question" is \kɛs.tjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "question" come from?
"question" 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 "question", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ailleurs#261certains#263ensemble#288pourrait#319

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

enfants11 variantsprendre11 variantshistoire11 variantspendant11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list