substitution

\syb.sti.ty.sjɔ̃\

/\syb.sti.ty.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“substitution” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,070. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,070
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de substituer, de remplacer une personne ou une chose à la place d’une autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-substitution · substitution · French

substitution · rank #13,070 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,070
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stewart

Nearest frequency peer: Stewart (-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 « substitution »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « substitution » 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
Key facts for substitution
PropertyValue
Headwordsubstitution
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\syb.sti.ty.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#13,070
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « substitution »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).substitutionse 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 « Stewart » (#13,069), « succèdent » (#13,071), « soupir » (#13,068). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « substitution » est au #13,070. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around substitution (IPA \syb.sti.ty.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,070 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for substitution, with forms such as "sbustitution", "ssubstitution", and "subbstitution". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is substitution, spelled S-U-B-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de substituer, de remplacer une personne ou une chose à la place d’une autre.
  2. 2
    Remplacement d’un atome ou d'un radical par un autre dans une molécule.
  3. 3
    Disposition par laquelle on appelle à sa succession un ou plusieurs héritiers successivement, après celui qu’on a institué, de manière que celui-ci ne peut aliéner les biens sujets à la substitution.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La veulerie des hommes de ce temps fut si grande que parfois la substitution du nouveau personnel à l'ancien prenait des allures bouffonnes.
  2. Ensuite celle-là n'est qu'une substitution de termes, car entre l’innéité et la primordialité, il n'y a pas de différence pratique, et les adversaires de l'une sont nécessairement ceux de l'autre aussi.

This word in other languages

substitution(English)substituição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sbustitution
  • ssubstitution
  • subbstitution
  • subsittution
  • subsstitution
  • substittuion
  • substittution
  • substituiton
  • substitutino
  • substitutionn
  • substitutoin
  • substituttion
  • substiuttion
  • substtitution
  • substtiution
  • subtsitution
  • susbtitution
  • usbstitution

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sbustitution2ssubstitution1subbstitution1subsittution2subsstitution1substittuion2substittution1substituiton2
Edit distance from "substitution"

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 "substitution"?
"substitution" is spelled S-U-B-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \syb.sti.ty.sjɔ̃\.
What does "substitution" mean?
As a noun, "substitution" means: Action de substituer, de remplacer une personne ou une chose à la place d’une autre.
What are common misspellings of "substitution"?
Common misspellings include "sbustitution", "ssubstitution", "subbstitution", "subsittution", "subsstitution". The correct spelling is "substitution".
How do you pronounce "substitution"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "substitution" is \syb.sti.ty.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "substitution" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

préférences18 variantsnationalités18 variantsélémentaires18 variantstempérament18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list