seuil

\sœj\

/\sœj\/ noun

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The verdict

“seuil” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,364. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,364
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce de bois ou dalle de pierre qui est au bas de l’ouverture d’une porte qui l’affleure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-seuil · seuil · French

seuil · rank #3,364 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,364
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH secteurs

Nearest frequency peer: secteurs (-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 « seuil »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « seuil » 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).

seuil vs sil
60% similar
seuil vs sul
60% similar
seuil vs suis
60% similar

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

Key facts for seuil
PropertyValue
Headwordseuil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sœj\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,364
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « seuil »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.seuilse 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 « secteurs » (#3,363), « signer » (#3,365), « scènes » (#3,362). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « seuil » est au #3,364. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around seuil (IPA \sœj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,364 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for seuil, with forms such as "esuil", "seiul", and "seuill". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sil", "sul", "suis", and more, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is seuil, spelled S-E-U-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce de bois ou dalle de pierre qui est au bas de l’ouverture d’une porte qui l’affleure.
  2. 2
    Entrée d’une maison, d'un appartement ou de toute pièce de logement.
  3. 3
    Petit barrage, courte section du lit d'un cours d'eau dont le fond est naturellement ou artificiellement fixé, conduisant à modifier la hauteur de la lame d'eau.
  4. 4
    (au sens figuré) Entrée.
  5. 5
    Valeur limite.
  6. 6
    Espace d’altitude intermédiaire entre deux reliefs, permettant le partage des eaux et un passage facilité des hommes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La Moussotte allait de temps à autre jusqu’au seuil de la porte, interrogeant le coin du bois d’où la route s’échappait de la forêt, la main en abat-jour sur les yeux, […].
  2. Autrefois, monsieur, il y avait à cette fontaine un seuil de pierre. Les cantonniers s'en sont servis comme de moellon pour la construction du pont qui est là-bas.

This word in other languages

doorstep(English)umbral(Español)Schwelle(Deutsch)soleira(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esuil
  • seiul
  • seuill
  • seuli
  • sseuil
  • sueil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esuil2seiul2seuill1seuli2sseuil1sueil2
Edit distance from "seuil"

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 "seuil"?
"seuil" is spelled S-E-U-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \sœj\.
What does "seuil" mean?
As a noun, "seuil" means: Pièce de bois ou dalle de pierre qui est au bas de l’ouverture d’une porte qui l’affleure.
What words are commonly confused with "seuil"?
"seuil" is commonly confused with "sil", "sul", "suis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "seuil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seuil" is \sœj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "seuil" come from?
"seuil" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

trace#3,369canon#3,385carré#3,386mines#3,341

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

vins6 variantscasser6 variantscréée6 variantsstop6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list