suspenseful

adj

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"suspenseful" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“suspenseful” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,599. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,599
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inducing suspense.

Corpus desk

Index EN-suspenseful · suspenseful · English

suspenseful · rank #39,599 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,599
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH surrealist

Nearest frequency peer: surrealist (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “suspenseful”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “suspenseful” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for suspenseful
PropertyValue
Headwordsuspenseful
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Frequency rank#39,599
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “suspenseful”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).suspensefullands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “surrealist” (#39,598), “Swartz” (#39,600), “Tallinn” (#39,602). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “suspenseful” is #39,599. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around suspenseful, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,599 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Inducing suspense.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for suspenseful, with forms such as "ssupenseful", "ssuspenseful", and "supsenseful". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From suspense + -ful. The correct English form is suspenseful, spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-S-E-F-U-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inducing suspense.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The television movie was so suspenseful that I leaped in the air and screamed when the doorbell rang.

Etymology

From suspense + -ful.

This word in other languages

inquietante(Español)spannend(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ssupenseful
  • ssuspenseful
  • supsenseful
  • susepnseful
  • suspenesful
  • suspennseful
  • suspensefful
  • suspenseflu
  • suspensefull
  • suspenseufl
  • suspensfeul
  • suspensseful
  • suspesneful
  • suspneseful
  • susppenseful
  • susspenseful
  • usspenseful

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suspenseful - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ssupenseful2ssuspenseful1supsenseful2susepnseful2suspenesful2suspennseful1suspensefful1suspenseflu2
Edit distance from "suspenseful"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "suspenseful"?
"suspenseful" is spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-S-E-F-U-L.
What does "suspenseful" mean?
As an adjective, "suspenseful" means: Inducing suspense.
What are common misspellings of "suspenseful"?
Common misspellings include "ssupenseful", "ssuspenseful", "supsenseful", "susepnseful", "suspenesful". The correct spelling is "suspenseful".
What is the origin of the word "suspenseful"?
From suspense + -ful. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list