assouplir

\a.su.pliʁ\

/\a.su.pliʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“assouplir” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,813. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,813
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-assouplir · assouplir · French

assouplir · rank #35,813 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #35,813
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH assorties

Nearest frequency peer: assorties (-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 « assouplir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « assouplir » 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).

assouplir vs assouvir
78% similar

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

Key facts for assouplir
PropertyValue
Headwordassouplir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.su.pliʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#35,813
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « assouplir »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).assouplirse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « assorties » (#35,812), « assuraient » (#35,814), « arrangée » (#35,811). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « assouplir » est au #35,813. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around assouplir (IPA \a.su.pliʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,813 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for assouplir, with forms such as "asosuplir", "asouplir", and "assopulir". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "assouvir", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is assouplir, spelled A-S-S-O-U-P-L-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre souple.
  2. 2
    Habituer un cheval à se mouvoir avec souplesse.
  3. 3
    Donner de la souplesse dans les manières.
  4. 4
    Devenir souple.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces caboches ne sont pas perdues, mais utilisées pour la fabrication du tabac à priser. On fait un premier mouillage des feuilles, destiné à les assouplir. Puis on examine chaque feuille une à une, c’est ce qu’on appelle l’époulardage.
  2. Assouplir une étoffe, un ressort. — Le cuir s’assouplit à l’eau.

This word in other languages

soften(English)agilizar(Español)amolecer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asosuplir
  • asouplir
  • assopulir
  • assoulpir
  • assoupilr
  • assouplirr
  • assoupllir
  • assouplri
  • assoupplir
  • assuoplir
  • sasouplir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asosuplir2asouplir1assopulir2assoulpir2assoupilr2assouplirr1assoupllir1assouplri2
Edit distance from "assouplir"

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 "assouplir"?
"assouplir" is spelled A-S-S-O-U-P-L-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.su.pliʁ\.
What does "assouplir" mean?
As a verb, "assouplir" means: Rendre souple.
What words are commonly confused with "assouplir"?
"assouplir" is commonly confused with "assouvir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "assouplir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assouplir" is \a.su.pliʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assouplir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

assorties#35,812augmentez#35,818ambulants#35,805admiratif#35,798

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

assuraient11 variantsbourbier11 variantsabréger11 variantsabordage11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list