questions

\kɛs.tjɔ̃\

/\kɛs.tjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“questions” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #546. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#546
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de question.

Corpus desk

Index FR-questions · questions · French

questions · rank #546 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #546
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH population

Nearest frequency peer: population (-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 « questions »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « questions » 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).

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

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

Key facts for questions
PropertyValue
Headwordquestions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɛs.tjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#546
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « questions »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).questionsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « population » (#545), « roi » (#547), « jeux » (#544). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « questions » est au #546. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around questions (IPA \kɛs.tjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #546 among 352 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de question.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for questions, with forms such as "qeustions", "qquestions", and "quesitons". 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, "question", "questionné", 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 questions, spelled Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de question.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En réponse à ses questions vaguement angoissées, il découvrait une Suzanne agressive qui le rabrouait.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qeustions
  • qquestions
  • quesitons
  • quesstions
  • questinos
  • questionns
  • questionss
  • questiosn
  • questoins
  • questtions
  • quetsions
  • qusetions
  • uqestions

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of questions - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

qeustions2qquestions1quesitons2quesstions1questinos2questionns1questionss1questiosn2
Edit distance from "questions"

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 "questions"?
"questions" is spelled Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɛs.tjɔ̃\.
What does "questions" mean?
As a noun, "questions" means: Pluriel de question.
What words are commonly confused with "questions"?
"questions" is commonly confused with "question", "questionné". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "questions"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "questions" is \kɛs.tjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "questions" come from?
"questions" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

décembre13 variantsformation13 variantsintérieur13 variantscertaines13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list