reduction
\ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən\
The verdict
“reduction” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,773. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,773
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réduction, diminution.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reduction · reduction · French
reduction · rank #30,773 · 13 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,773
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH releva
Nearest frequency peer: releva (+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 « reduction »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- reaction
reaction
69,231 corpus weight
- rebondit
rebondit
69,230 corpus weight
- reduction
reduction
69,228 corpus weight
- releva
releva
69,227 corpus weight
- rendais
rendais
69,226 corpus weight
- repensant
repensant
69,225 corpus weight
What this shows « reduction » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | reduction |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #30,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « reduction »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around reduction (IPA \ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,773 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for reduction, with forms such as "erduction", "rdeuction", and "redcution". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "réfection", "réductions", "rééducation", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is reduction, spelled R-E-D-U-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Réduction, diminution.
- 2Réduction.
- 3Réduction, rabais, remise.
- 4Réduction (réaction chimique dans laquelle se produit une diminution du nombre d’électrons et une augmentation de la valence).
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erduction
- rdeuction
- redcution
- redduction
- reducction
- reduciton
- reductino
- reductionn
- reductoin
- reducttion
- redutcion
- reudction
- rreduction
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reduction - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).