ration
\ʁa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“ration” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,645. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,645
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Portion journalière soit de pain, soit d’autres vivres, soit de fourrage, qui se distribue aux soldats ou aux marins.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ration · ration · French
ration · rank #19,645 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,645
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rappeurs
Nearest frequency peer: rappeurs (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ration”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- rameau
rameau
80,358 corpus weight
- rappeurs
rappeurs
80,357 corpus weight
- ration
ration
80,356 corpus weight
- reconnaissa…
reconnaissable
80,355 corpus weight
- reconquête
reconquête
80,354 corpus weight
- redoubler
redoubler
80,353 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ration” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ration |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “ration” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around ration (IPA \ʁa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,645 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ration, with forms such as "artion", "raiton", and "ratino". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rayon", "ravin", "raton", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ration, spelled R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Portion journalière soit de pain, soit d’autres vivres, soit de fourrage, qui se distribue aux soldats ou aux marins.
- 2Quantité ordinaire de nourriture.
- 3Lot, part.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Distribuer les rations aux soldats, les rations de foin et d’avoine aux cavaliers.
L’équipage en fut informé au réfectoire, où on servait les rations du soir.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- artion
- raiton
- ratino
- rationn
- ratoin
- rattion
- rration
- rtaion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ration - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ration", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "ration" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "rayon". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #19,645 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.