région

\ʁe.ʒjɔ̃\

/\ʁe.ʒjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“région” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #451. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#451
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vaste territoire ; étendue de pays.

Corpus desk

Index FR-region · région · French

région · rank #451 · 9 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #451
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH musique

Nearest frequency peer: musique (-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 « région »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « région » 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).

région vs rein
50% similar
région vs régit
67% similar
région vs regis
50% similar

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

Key facts for région
PropertyValue
Headwordrégion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.ʒjɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#451
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « région »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).régionse 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 « musique » (#450), « entreprise » (#452), « livre » (#449). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « région » est au #451. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around région (IPA \ʁe.ʒjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #451 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for région, with forms such as "region", "rgéion", and "rrégion". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "rein", "régit", "regis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is région, spelled R-É-G-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vaste territoire ; étendue de pays.
  2. 2
    Ensemble de territoires qui tous présentent certains caractères communs : identité ou analogie du climat, ou mêmes productions du sol, ou mêmes formes de l’activité humaine, etc.
  3. 3
    Territoire alentour.
  4. 4
    Circonscription territoriale, comprenant plusieurs départements.
  5. 5
    Section du littoral dont un préfet maritime est chef.
  6. 6
    Espace déterminé de la surface du corps ou de différents organes, par rapport aux parties voisines.
  7. 7
    Couche de l’atmosphère.
  8. 8
    Degré où l’on s’élève, terrain.
  9. 9
    Région autre que l’Île-de-France.
  10. 10
    Territoire en dehors des métropoles de Montréal et de Québec.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des trois bandes ou régions qui divisaient devant nous la plaine d’Athènes, nous traversâmes les deux premières, la région inculte et la région cultivée.
  2. Les Féroë se dressent dans une des régions les plus tourmentées du globe, perpétuellement balayées par des dépressions atmosphériques.

Synonyms

alentours decoinenviron

This word in other languages

region(English)región(Español)Bereich(Deutsch)região(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • region
  • rgéion
  • rrégion
  • réggion
  • régino
  • régionn
  • régoin
  • réigon
  • érgion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of région - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

region1rgéion2rrégion1réggion1régino2régionn1régoin2réigon2
Edit distance from "région"

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 "région"?
"région" is spelled R-É-G-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ʒjɔ̃\.
What does "région" mean?
As a noun, "région" means: Vaste territoire ; étendue de pays.
What words are commonly confused with "région"?
"région" is commonly confused with "rein", "régit", "regis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "région"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "région" is \ʁe.ʒjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "région" come from?
"région" 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 "région", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gauche#448permet#456simple#457quelle#437

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

musique9 variantsenfant9 variantssemble9 variantsQuébec9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list