terminaison

\tɛʁ.mi.nɛ.zɔ̃\

/\tɛʁ.mi.nɛ.zɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“terminaison” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,001. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,001
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fin d’une chose ; état de ce qui se termine, de ce qui cesse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-terminaison · terminaison · French

terminaison · rank #30,001 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #30,001
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tends

Nearest frequency peer: tends (-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 « terminaison »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « terminaison » 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).

terminaison vs terminaisons
92% similar

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

Key facts for terminaison
PropertyValue
Headwordterminaison
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɛʁ.mi.nɛ.zɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#30,001
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « terminaison »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).terminaisonse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tends » (#30,000), « terroirs » (#30,002), « temporelles » (#29,999). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « terminaison » est au #30,001. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around terminaison (IPA \tɛʁ.mi.nɛ.zɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,001 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for terminaison, with forms such as "etrminaison", "temrinaison", and "terimnaison". 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, "terminaisons", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is terminaison, spelled T-E-R-M-I-N-A-I-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fin d’une chose ; état de ce qui se termine, de ce qui cesse.
  2. 2
    Bout, extrémité.
  3. 3
    Désinence d’un mot.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La terminaison d’une maladie, d’une affaire.
  2. La terminaison d’un nerf.

This word in other languages

end(English)terminación(Español)terminação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etrminaison
  • temrinaison
  • terimnaison
  • termianison
  • terminaiosn
  • terminaisno
  • terminaisonn
  • terminaisson
  • terminasion
  • terminiason
  • terminnaison
  • termminaison
  • termniaison
  • terrminaison
  • treminaison
  • tterminaison

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etrminaison2temrinaison2terimnaison2termianison2terminaiosn2terminaisno2terminaisonn1terminaisson1
Edit distance from "terminaison"

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 "terminaison"?
"terminaison" is spelled T-E-R-M-I-N-A-I-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛʁ.mi.nɛ.zɔ̃\.
What does "terminaison" mean?
As a noun, "terminaison" means: Fin d’une chose ; état de ce qui se termine, de ce qui cesse.
What words are commonly confused with "terminaison"?
"terminaison" is commonly confused with "terminaisons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "terminaison"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "terminaison" is \tɛʁ.mi.nɛ.zɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "terminaison" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

temporelles#29,999éjaculation#30,033réjouissent#29,964abstentions#30,040

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

reviendrais16 variantsrespectons16 variantsaudiovisuels16 variantspansements16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list