reproduction
\ʁə.pʁɔ.dyk.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“reproduction” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,981 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,981
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action par laquelle les êtres vivants perpétuent leurs espèces.
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 | reproduction |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.pʁɔ.dyk.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #4,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “reproduction” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for reproduction is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.pʁɔ.dyk.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,981 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for reproduction, with forms such as "erproduction", "reporduction", and "repproduction". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "reproductions", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 reproduction, spelled R-E-P-R-O-D-U-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action par laquelle les êtres vivants perpétuent leurs espèces.
- 2Ensemble des moyens naturels et artificiels qui servent à perpétuer les espèces des plantes, à multiplier les végétaux.
- 3Action par laquelle les cellules se multiplient.
- 4Génération de nouvelles parties qui, dans certains animaux, succèdent à celles qui ont été arrachées, mutilées.
- 5Action de publier de nouveau, en parlant d’ouvrages littéraires.
- 6Copie, imitation, vulgarisation, en parlant des ouvrages artistiques.
- 7Copie d'un original par des techniques particulières.
- 8Réalisation en un ou plusieurs exemplaires, par un procédé quelconque, d’une image semblable à un modèle.
- 9Résultat de l'opération précédente.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erproduction,reporduction,repproduction,reprdouction,reprodcution,reprodduction,reproducction,reproduciton,reproductino,reproductionn,reproductoin,reproducttion,reprodutcion,reproudction,reprroduction,rerpoduction,rperoduction,rreproduction
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reproduction - 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.
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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Using “reproduction”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-P-R-O-D-U-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁə.pʁɔ.dyk.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “reproductions” - see the side-by-side comparison. reproduction vs reproductions
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.