scrupule

/\skʁy.pyl\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,465

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

scrupule is aFrenchnoun. It means: Doute ou hésitation que l'on éprouve à la peur de mal faire ou d'être importun. Pronounced \skʁy.pyl\. Often confused with scrupules and scrupuleux.

Key facts for scrupule
PropertyValue
Headwordscrupule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\skʁy.pyl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,465
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of scrupule in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for scrupule is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \skʁy.pyl\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,465 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for scrupule, with forms such as "csrupule", "sccrupule", and "scrpuule". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "scrupules", "scrupuleux", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is scrupule, spelled S-C-R-U-P-U-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Doute ou hésitation que l'on éprouve à la peur de mal faire ou d'être importun.
  2. 2
    Grande exactitude à observer la règle, à remplir ses devoirs.
  3. 3
    Grande délicatesse en matière de procédés ou de mœurs.
  4. 4
    Grande sévérité d’un auteur, d’un artiste dans la correction d’un ouvrage.
  5. 5
    Reste de difficulté ; nuage qui reste dans l’esprit après l’éclaircissement d’une question ou d’une affaire.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: csrupule,sccrupule,scrpuule,scrrupule,scruplue,scruppule,scrupuel,scrupulle,scruuple,scurpule,srcupule,sscrupule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for scrupule

Misspelling Variants of "scrupule"

csrupule8sccrupule9scrpuule8scrrupule9scruplue8scruppule9scrupuel8scrupulle9
Misspelling Variants of "scrupule"

Frequency rank: #21,465 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "scrupule"?
"scrupule" is spelled S-C-R-U-P-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \skʁy.pyl\.
What does "scrupule" mean?
As a noun, "scrupule" means: Doute ou hésitation que l'on éprouve à la peur de mal faire ou d'être importun.
What words are commonly confused with "scrupule"?
"scrupule" is commonly confused with "scrupules", "scrupuleux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "scrupule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "scrupule" is \skʁy.pyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "scrupule" come from?
"scrupule" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.