soufflé
/ˈsuːfleɪ/
"souffle" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“soufflé” is uncommon English (frequency #70,275 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,275
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A baked dish made from beaten egg whites and various other ingredients, usually prepared and served in a small earthenware bowl (ramekin).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | soufflé |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsuːfleɪ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “soufflé” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
soufflé is uncommon English at frequency #70,275 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsuːfleɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A baked dish made from beaten egg whites and various other ingredients, usually prepared and served in a small earthenware bowl (ramekin).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for soufflé in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from French soufflé, from souffler (“to puff”). The correct English form is soufflé, spelled S-O-U-F-F-L-É.
Definition
- 1A baked dish made from beaten egg whites and various other ingredients, usually prepared and served in a small earthenware bowl (ramekin).
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French soufflé, from souffler (“to puff”).
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “soufflé”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-O-U-F-F-L-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsuːfleɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.