restrictions

\ʁɛs.tʁik.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁɛs.tʁik.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows « restrictions » 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).

restrictions vs restrictives
83% similar
restrictions vs restriction
92% similar

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

Key facts for restrictions
PropertyValue
Headwordrestrictions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɛs.tʁik.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#8,456
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « restrictions »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).restrictionsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « repérer » (#8,455), « renvoyé » (#8,454), « reçues » (#8,458). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « restrictions » est au #8,456. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Pluriel de restriction.
  2. 2
    Nom généralement donné aux mesures de rationnement imposées en France par l'occupation allemande pendant la seconde guerre mondiale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

erstrictions2resrtictions2resstrictions1restirctions2restrcitions2restricctions1restricitons2restrictinos2
Edit distance from "restrictions"

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 "restrictions"?
"restrictions" is spelled R-E-S-T-R-I-C-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛs.tʁik.sjɔ̃\.
What does "restrictions" mean?
As a noun, "restrictions" means: Pluriel de restriction.
What words are commonly confused with "restrictions"?
"restrictions" is commonly confused with "restrictives", "restriction". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "restrictions"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "restrictions" is \ʁɛs.tʁik.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "restrictions" come from?
"restrictions" 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 "restrictions", not the corpus desk frequency band.

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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list