submersion

\syb.mɛʁ.sjɔ̃\

/\syb.mɛʁ.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“submersion” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,079. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,079
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’être submergé, d’être recouvert par les eaux, et résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-submersion · submersion · French

submersion · rank #37,079 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #37,079
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH structurellem…

Nearest frequency peer: structurellement (-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 « submersion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « submersion » 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).

submersion vs subversion
90% similar

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

Key facts for submersion
PropertyValue
Headwordsubmersion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\syb.mɛʁ.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#37,079
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « submersion »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.submersionse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « structurellement » (#37,078), « superstitieux » (#37,080), « structurant » (#37,077). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « submersion » est au #37,079. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around submersion (IPA \syb.mɛʁ.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,079 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for submersion, with forms such as "sbumersion", "ssubmersion", and "subbmersion". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "subversion", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is submersion, spelled S-U-B-M-E-R-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’être submergé, d’être recouvert par les eaux, et résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Action d’envahissement.
  3. 3
    En topologie différentielle, application dont la différentielle en tout point est surjective.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] le lieutenant Hobson devait forcément se demander […] comment il se faisait que ce phénomène des marées n’entraînât pas la submersion complète du territoire jusqu’aux limites les plus reculées de l’horizon, et ne provoquât pas la confusion des eaux du lac et de l’océan Glacial ? Or il était évident que cette submersion ne se produisait pas, et ne s’ét…
  2. On trouve les roselières dans les milieux humides à niveau d’eau et salinité variables, leur répartition étant conditionnée par leur tolérance à la submersion et au sel […]

This word in other languages

submersion(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sbumersion
  • ssubmersion
  • subbmersion
  • subemrsion
  • submerison
  • submerrsion
  • submersino
  • submersionn
  • submersoin
  • submerssion
  • submesrion
  • submmersion
  • submresion
  • sumbersion
  • usbmersion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of submersion - 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.

sbumersion2ssubmersion1subbmersion1subemrsion2submerison2submerrsion1submersino2submersionn1
Edit distance from "submersion"

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 "submersion"?
"submersion" is spelled S-U-B-M-E-R-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \syb.mɛʁ.sjɔ̃\.
What does "submersion" mean?
As a noun, "submersion" means: Action d’être submergé, d’être recouvert par les eaux, et résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "submersion"?
"submersion" is commonly confused with "subversion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "submersion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "submersion" is \syb.mɛʁ.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "submersion" come from?
"submersion" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sécrétions#37,088triomphale#37,106télévisuel#37,113uniformité#37,115

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

spontanés15 variantsutiliserait15 variantsremplaçait15 variantsépargnant15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list