suture
/ˈs(j)uː.tʃə/
"suture" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“suture” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #28,395 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,395
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
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 | suture |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈs(j)uː.tʃə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #28,395 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “suture” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for suture is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈs(j)uː.tʃə/. Corpus data places it at rank #28,395 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for suture, with forms such as "ssuture", "stuure", and "sutrue". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "sure", "store", "stare", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English suture, from Latin sūtūra (“suture”), from suere (“sew, join or tack together”) + -tūra (forms action nouns). The correct English form is suture, spelled S-U-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
- 2Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together.
- 3An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.
- 4A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.
- 5A seam or line, such as that between the segments of a crustacean, between the whorls of a univalve shell, or where the elytra of a beetle meet.
- 6The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.
- 7The procedure by which a subject comes to be identified with its own representation, as in the identification of the speaker with the sign “I” within a certain discourse; (by extension) any process by which the content of something is determined or supplied from outside itself.
Etymology
From Middle English suture, from Latin sūtūra (“suture”), from suere (“sew, join or tack together”) + -tūra (forms action nouns).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ssuture,stuure,sutrue,sutture,sutuer,suturre,suutre,usture
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suture - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “suture”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-U-T-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈs(j)uː.tʃə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sure” - see the side-by-side comparison. suture vs sure
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.