sections
\sɛk.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“sections” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,756. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,756
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de section.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sections · sections · French
sections · rank #6,756 · 12 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,756
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH scolarité
Nearest frequency peer: scolarité (-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 « sections »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- régulation
régulation
93,248 corpus weight
- réplique
réplique
93,247 corpus weight
- scolarité
scolarité
93,246 corpus weight
- sections
sections
93,245 corpus weight
- seigneurs
seigneurs
93,244 corpus weight
- set
set
93,243 corpus weight
What this shows « sections » 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 | sections |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛk.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sections »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around sections (IPA \sɛk.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,756 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de section.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sections, with forms such as "esctions", "scetions", and "secctions". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "serions", "sentons", "stations", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sections, spelled S-E-C-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de section.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sections appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur le plan pratique, les unionistes cherchent à « scoutiser » les habitudes des sections cadettes afin de les intégrer aux programmes des troupes.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esctions
- scetions
- secctions
- secitons
- sectinos
- sectionns
- sectionss
- sectiosn
- sectoins
- secttions
- setcions
- ssections
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sections - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).