restrictions
\ʁɛs.tʁik.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“restrictions” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,456. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,456
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de restriction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-restrictions · restrictions · French
restrictions · rank #8,456 · 19 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,456
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH repérer
Nearest frequency peer: repérer (-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 « restrictions »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- regrets
regrets
91,548 corpus weight
- renvoyé
renvoyé
91,547 corpus weight
- repérer
repérer
91,546 corpus weight
- restrictions
restrictions
91,545 corpus weight
- reçues
reçues
91,543 corpus weight
- réfléchis
réfléchis
91,542 corpus weight
What this shows « restrictions » 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 | restrictions |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɛs.tʁik.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #8,456 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « restrictions »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around restrictions (IPA \ʁɛs.tʁik.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,456 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for restrictions, with forms such as "erstrictions", "resrtictions", and "resstrictions". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "restrictives", "restriction", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is restrictions, spelled R-E-S-T-R-I-C-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de restriction.
- 2Nom généralement donné aux mesures de rationnement imposées en France par l'occupation allemande pendant la seconde guerre mondiale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how restrictions appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lever toutes les restrictions qui pèsent sur ces transactions, autrement dit laisser les capitaux entrer et sortir du pays sans contrôle ni entraves, c’est ce que l’on appelle déréglementer les mouvements de capitaux.
À part les couvre-feu et les restrictions, avait-on à se plaindre des Allemands ? Il suffisait de les ignorer. De ne pas leur marcher sur les pieds pour qu’ils vous laissent tranquilles.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erstrictions
- resrtictions
- resstrictions
- restirctions
- restrcitions
- restricctions
- restricitons
- restrictinos
- restrictionns
- restrictionss
- restrictiosn
- restrictoins
- restricttions
- restritcions
- restrrictions
- resttrictions
- retsrictions
- rrestrictions
- rsetrictions
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of restrictions - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).