session

\sɛ.sjɔ̃\

/\sɛ.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“session” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,962. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,962
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Temps pendant lequel un corps délibérant est assemblé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-session · session · French

session · rank #3,962 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,962
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH savons

Nearest frequency peer: savons (-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 « session »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « session » 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).

session vs sessions
88% similar
session vs season
71% similar
session vs section
71% similar

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

Key facts for session
PropertyValue
Headwordsession
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛ.sjɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,962
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « session »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sessionse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « savons » (#3,961), « Sophie » (#3,963), « sage » (#3,960). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « session » est au #3,962. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around session (IPA \sɛ.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,962 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for session, with forms such as "esssion", "sesion", and "sesison". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "sessions", "season", "section", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is session, spelled S-E-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Temps pendant lequel un corps délibérant est assemblé.
  2. 2
    Une des périodes durant lesquelles se tiennent les examens, auditions, entretiens ou sélections auxquels un élève ou étudiant est convoqué, en vue de l’obtention d’un diplôme ou d’un certificat sanctionnant sa formation, ou pour l’admission d’un candidat à un concours, et qui se concluent par la délibération d’un jury réuni dans la même période.
  3. 3
    Séance d’un concile.
  4. 4
    Article qui renferme les décisions publiées dans la séance du concile.
  5. 5
    Semestre.
  6. 6
    Séance d'enregistrement.
  7. 7
    Séquence ordonnée des interactions entre un utilisateur et une application sur un ordinateur (ou un service sur un serveur dans un réseau).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Session ordinaire, extraordinaire.
  2. La session des deux chambres.

This word in other languages

session(English)sesión(Español)Session(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esssion
  • sesion
  • sesison
  • sessino
  • sessionn
  • sessoin
  • ssesion
  • ssession

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of session - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

esssion2sesion1sesison2sessino2sessionn1sessoin2ssesion2ssession1
Edit distance from "session"

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 "session"?
"session" is spelled S-E-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ.sjɔ̃\.
What does "session" mean?
As a noun, "session" means: Temps pendant lequel un corps délibérant est assemblé.
What words are commonly confused with "session"?
"session" is commonly confused with "sessions", "season", "section". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "session"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "session" is \sɛ.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "session" come from?
"session" 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 "session", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

récente#3,958racisme#3,956tempête#3,968violent#3,970

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Sophie8 variantsmasque8 variantschaude8 variantsgéant8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list