Sion

\sjɔ̃\

/\sjɔ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Sion” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #16,741) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#16,741
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
2
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Colline de Jérusalem et montagne sacrée, considérée comme l'emplacement historique du palais du roi David et du temple de Salomon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sion · Sion · French

Sion · rank #16,741 · 2 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,741
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 2 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH singulière

Nearest frequency peer: singulière (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « Sion »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « Sion » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

Sion vs so
25% similar
Sion vs sn
25% similar
Sion vs son
50% similar

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

Key facts for Sion
PropertyValue
HeadwordSion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sjɔ̃\
Letters4
Frequency rank#16,741
Misspellings tracked2
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « Sion »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Sionse 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 « singulière » (#16,740), « slogans » (#16,742), « signez » (#16,739). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Sion » est au #16,741. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Sion is neighbouring look-alikes ("so", "sn", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced \sjɔ̃\. Frequency #16,741 among 6,032 “S” headwords. 7 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

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

  1. 1
    Colline de Jérusalem et montagne sacrée, considérée comme l'emplacement historique du palais du roi David et du temple de Salomon.
  2. 2
    Symbole de Jérusalem ; symbole du pays des Hébreux, ou du peuple lui-même.
  3. 3
    La ville de Jérusalem restaurée, terre promise.
  4. 4
    La Jérusalem céleste.
  5. 5
    Paradis sur terre, Jérusalem.
  6. 6
    Synonyme de Sion-Vaudémont ou de Saxon-Sion, en Meurthe-et-Moselle, La Colline inspirée de Maurice Barrès.
  7. 7
    Nom poétique ou symbolique du pays d'Israël, en tant que terre d'accueil de tous les juifs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les filles de Sion.
  2. Votre pays est un désert ; vos villes sont consumées par le feu ; votre sol, des étrangers le dévorent sous vos yeux ; la dévastation est comme le ravage fait par des étrangers. Et la fille de Sion est restée comme une cabane dans une vigne, comme une hutte dans un champ de concombres, comme une tour de garde.

This word in other languages

Zion(English)Sion(Español)Zion(Deutsch)

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.

ison2ssion1
Edit distance from "Sion"

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 "Sion"?
"Sion" is spelled S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sjɔ̃\.
What does "Sion" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sion" means: Colline de Jérusalem et montagne sacrée, considérée comme l'emplacement historique du palais du roi David et du temple de Salomon.
What words are commonly confused with "Sion"?
"Sion" is commonly confused with "so", "sn", "son". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sion" is \sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sion" come from?
"Sion" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sion", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sels#16,737town#16,756tôle#16,762urne#16,765

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list