essouffle

\ɛ.sufl\

/\ɛ.sufl\/ verb

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The verdict

“essouffle” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,592. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,592
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe essouffler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-essouffle · essouffle · French

essouffle · rank #45,592 · 9 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,592
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH errent

Nearest frequency peer: errent (-2 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 « essouffle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « essouffle » 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
Key facts for essouffle
PropertyValue
Headwordessouffle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ.sufl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#45,592
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « essouffle »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « errent » (#45,590), « Euclide » (#45,594), « Erdre » (#45,589). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « essouffle » est au #45,592. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around essouffle (IPA \ɛ.sufl\), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,592 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for essouffle, with forms such as "esosuffle", "esouffle", and "essofufle". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is essouffle, spelled E-S-S-O-U-F-F-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe essouffler.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe essouffler.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif du verbe essouffler.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif du verbe essouffler.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe essouffler.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esosuffle
  • esouffle
  • essofufle
  • essouffel
  • essoufflle
  • essoufle
  • essouflfe
  • essuoffle
  • sesouffle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esosuffle2esouffle1essofufle2essouffel2essoufflle1essoufle1essouflfe2essuoffle2
Edit distance from "essouffle"

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 "essouffle"?
"essouffle" is spelled E-S-S-O-U-F-F-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.sufl\.
What does "essouffle" mean?
As a verb, "essouffle" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe essouffler.
What are common misspellings of "essouffle"?
Common misspellings include "esosuffle", "esouffle", "essofufle", "essouffel", "essoufflle". The correct spelling is "essouffle".
How do you pronounce "essouffle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "essouffle" is \ɛ.sufl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "essouffle" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Excalibur#45,597enracinée#45,585engloutie#45,583falsifier#45,607

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Euclide9 variantsflorin9 variantsfrozen9 variantsDubosc9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list