Sion
\sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“Sion” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #16,741 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #16,741
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 2
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Colline de Jérusalem et montagne sacrée, considérée comme l'emplacement historique du palais du roi David et du temple de Salomon.
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 | Sion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #16,741 |
| Misspellings tracked | 2 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sion” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Sion is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,741 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 2 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sion, including "ison" and "ssion". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "so", "sn", "son", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Sion, spelled S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Colline de Jérusalem et montagne sacrée, considérée comme l'emplacement historique du palais du roi David et du temple de Salomon.
- 2Symbole de Jérusalem ; symbole du pays des Hébreux, ou du peuple lui-même.
- 3La ville de Jérusalem restaurée, terre promise.
- 4La Jérusalem céleste.
- 5Paradis sur terre, Jérusalem.
- 6Synonyme de Sion-Vaudémont ou de Saxon-Sion, en Meurthe-et-Moselle, La Colline inspirée de Maurice Barrès.
- 7Nom poétique ou symbolique du pays d'Israël, en tant que terre d'accueil de tous les juifs.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ison,ssion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sion - 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 “Sion”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “so” - see the side-by-side comparison. Sion vs so
- 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.