questionner

\kɛs.tjɔ.ne\

/\kɛs.tjɔ.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“questionner” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,734. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,734
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interroger quelqu’un, lui poser des questions.

Corpus desk

Index FR-questionner · questionner · French

questionner · rank #15,734 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,734
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH pêches

Nearest frequency peer: pêches (-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 « questionner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « questionner » 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).

questionner vs questionné
82% similar
questionner vs questionnent
83% similar

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

Key facts for questionner
PropertyValue
Headwordquestionner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɛs.tjɔ.ne\
Letters11
Frequency rank#15,734
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « questionner »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.questionnerse 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 « pêches » (#15,733), « radiation » (#15,735), « pénales » (#15,732). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « questionner » est au #15,734. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around questionner (IPA \kɛs.tjɔ.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,734 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for questionner, with forms such as "qeustionner", "qquestionner", and "quesitonner". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "questionné", "questionnent", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 questionner, spelled Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interroger quelqu’un, lui poser des questions.
  2. 2
    Passer à la question, interroger en torturant.
  3. 3
    Faire des questions importunes de façon coutumière.
  4. 4
    Mettre en doute, remettre en question, critiquer, contester.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au moment de questionner sa fille, la mère luttait entre le pardon et la remontrance, car elle avait reconnu l’amour, […].
  2. Au carrefour de Mazagran, les Allemands m’ont interpelée pour me questionner sur mes intentions et ma destination. — A Vouziers, je vais à Vouziers, leur ai-je répondu, haletante, tout en leur présentant mes papiers.

This word in other languages

question(English)interrogar(Español)befragen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qeustionner
  • qquestionner
  • quesitonner
  • quesstionner
  • questinoner
  • questionenr
  • questioner
  • questionnerr
  • questionnre
  • questoinner
  • questtionner
  • quetsionner
  • qusetionner
  • uqestionner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

qeustionner2qquestionner1quesitonner2quesstionner1questinoner2questionenr2questioner1questionnerr1
Edit distance from "questionner"

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 "questionner"?
"questionner" is spelled Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɛs.tjɔ.ne\.
What does "questionner" mean?
As a verb, "questionner" means: Interroger quelqu’un, lui poser des questions.
What words are commonly confused with "questionner"?
"questionner" is commonly confused with "questionné", "questionnent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "questionner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "questionner" is \kɛs.tjɔ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "questionner" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list