tensions
\tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“tensions” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,614. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,614
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de tension.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tensions · tensions · French
tensions · rank #5,614 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,614
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH subit
Nearest frequency peer: subit (-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 « tensions »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- solidaire
solidaire
94,390 corpus weight
- Stephen
Stephen
94,389 corpus weight
- subit
subit
94,388 corpus weight
- tensions
tensions
94,387 corpus weight
- thread
thread
94,386 corpus weight
- théories
théories
94,385 corpus weight
What this shows « tensions » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | tensions |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tensions »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around tensions (IPA \tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,614 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de tension.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for tensions, with forms such as "etnsions", "tenisons", and "tennsions". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "tentons", "tessons", "tenons", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tensions, spelled T-E-N-S-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de tension.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tensions appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une période de croissance lente sera nécessaire avant que les tensions inflationnistes ne se dissipent et que la Banque centrale puisse abaisser les taux d’intérêt, permettant ainsi au taux de change de se déprécier.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etnsions
- tenisons
- tennsions
- tensinos
- tensionns
- tensionss
- tensiosn
- tensoins
- tenssions
- tesnions
- tnesions
- ttensions
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tensions - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).