sifflement
\si.flə.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“sifflement” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,192. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,192
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bruit que l’on fait en sifflant.
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 | sifflement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.flə.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #32,192 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sifflement” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around sifflement (IPA \si.flə.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,192 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for sifflement, with forms such as "isfflement", "sfiflement", and "siffelment". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sifflent", "simplement", "sifflements", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sifflement, spelled S-I-F-F-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Bruit que l’on fait en sifflant.
- 2Bruit que quelques animaux font en sifflant.
- 3Bruit aigu que font diverses choses, comme le vent, une flèche, une balle de fusil, une pierre lancée avec force, etc.
- 4Certain bruit aigu que l’homme et quelques animaux font lorsqu’ils respirent avec peine.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- isfflement
- sfiflement
- siffelment
- siffleemnt
- sifflemennt
- sifflementt
- sifflemetn
- sifflemment
- sifflemnet
- siffllement
- sifflmeent
- siflement
- siflfement
- ssifflement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sifflement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “sifflement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-I-F-F-L-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \si.flə.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sifflent” - see the side-by-side comparison. sifflement vs sifflent
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.