rémission

\ʁe.mi.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁe.mi.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“rémission” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,862. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,862
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-remission · rémission · French

rémission · rank #26,862 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #26,862
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réparateur

Nearest frequency peer: réparateur (+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 « rémission »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rémission » 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).

rémission vs révision
78% similar

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

Key facts for rémission
PropertyValue
Headwordrémission
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.mi.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#26,862
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rémission »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rémissionse 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 « réparateur » (#26,863), « réformée » (#26,860), « réunissait » (#26,864). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rémission » est au #26,862. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around rémission (IPA \ʁe.mi.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,862 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for rémission, with forms such as "remission", "rméission", and "rrémission". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "révision", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rémission, spelled R-É-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pardon.
  2. 2
    Grâce que le prince faisait à un criminel, en lui remettant la peine qu’il avait encourue suivant les lois.
  3. 3
    Lettres de rémission; lettres patentes expédiées en chancellerie et adressées aux juges, par lesquelles le roi accordait à un criminel la rémission de son crime, en cas que ce qu’il avait exposé à sa décharge se trouvât vrai.
  4. 4
    Adoucissement, miséricorde, indulgence dont use une personne qui a droit, autorité ou avantage sur une autre.
  5. 5
    Détente.
  6. 6
    Diminution, relâchement, en parlant de la fièvre, des maladies aiguës, lorsqu’elles perdent de leur force, de leur intensité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ah! si un prêtre s’était dressé devant lui avec le geste qui pardonne, peut-être ce soir-là… Mais non! Les mots de la rémission ne seront pas dits.
  2. La rémission des péchés. - Obtenir de Dieu la rémission de ses péchés.

This word in other languages

remission(English)remisíon(Español)Vergebung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • remission
  • rméission
  • rrémission
  • réimssion
  • rémision
  • rémisison
  • rémissino
  • rémissionn
  • rémissoin
  • rémmission
  • rémsision
  • érmission

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

remission1rméission2rrémission1réimssion2rémision1rémisison2rémissino2rémissionn1
Edit distance from "rémission"

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 "rémission"?
"rémission" is spelled R-É-M-I-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.mi.sjɔ̃\.
What does "rémission" mean?
As a noun, "rémission" means: Pardon.
What words are commonly confused with "rémission"?
"rémission" is commonly confused with "révision". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rémission"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rémission" is \ʁe.mi.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rémission" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

rotations#26,858Robertson#26,857soulevées#26,877sécurisés#26,886

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

réformée12 variantssaisonnier12 variantsscénique12 variantsrecyclé12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list