suggestion

\syɡ.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\

/\syɡ.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“suggestion” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,081. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,081
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de suggérer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suggestion · suggestion · French

suggestion · rank #10,081 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #10,081
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH suffrage

Nearest frequency peer: suffrage (-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 « suggestion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « suggestion » 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).

suggestion vs suggestions
91% similar

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

Key facts for suggestion
PropertyValue
Headwordsuggestion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\syɡ.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#10,081
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « suggestion »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).suggestionse 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 « suffrage » (#10,080), « sultan » (#10,082), « sperme » (#10,079). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « suggestion » est au #10,081. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around suggestion (IPA \syɡ.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,081 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for suggestion, with forms such as "sgugestion", "ssuggestion", and "sugegstion". 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 also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "suggestions", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is suggestion, spelled S-U-G-G-E-S-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de suggérer.
  2. 2
    Résultat de cette action.
  3. 3
    Mentale, elle désigne l’idée d’un acte suggéré à un individu en état d’hypnose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a fait telle chose à la suggestion d’un tel.
  2. — Vous n’ignorez pas, cher maître, ajouta-t-il, la force de la suggestion. Il suffit de donner à un homme une baïonnette au bout d’un fusil pour qu’il l’enfonce dans le ventre du premier venu et devienne, comme vous dites, un héros.

This word in other languages

suggestion(English)sugerencia(Español)Anregung(Deutsch)sugestão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sgugestion
  • ssuggestion
  • sugegstion
  • sugestion
  • suggesiton
  • suggesstion
  • suggestino
  • suggestionn
  • suggestoin
  • suggesttion
  • suggetsion
  • suggsetion
  • usggestion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suggestion - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

sgugestion2ssuggestion1sugegstion2sugestion1suggesiton2suggesstion1suggestino2suggestionn1
Edit distance from "suggestion"

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 "suggestion"?
"suggestion" is spelled S-U-G-G-E-S-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \syɡ.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\.
What does "suggestion" mean?
As a noun, "suggestion" means: Action de suggérer.
What words are commonly confused with "suggestion"?
"suggestion" is commonly confused with "suggestions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suggestion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suggestion" is \syɡ.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suggestion" come from?
"suggestion" 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 "suggestion", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list