sifflement

\si.flə.mɑ̃\

/\si.flə.mɑ̃\/ noun

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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
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bruit que l’on fait en sifflant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sifflement · sifflement · French

sifflement · rank #32,192 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,192
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH shots

Nearest frequency peer: shots (-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 « sifflement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sifflement » 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).

sifflement vs sifflent
80% similar
sifflement vs simplement
80% similar
sifflement vs sifflements
91% similar

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

Key facts for sifflement
PropertyValue
Headwordsifflement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.flə.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#32,192
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sifflement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sifflementse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « shots » (#32,191), « signalétique » (#32,193), « Sheridan » (#32,190). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sifflement » est au #32,192. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around sifflement (IPA \si.flə.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,192 among 6,032 “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

  1. 1
    Bruit que l’on fait en sifflant.
  2. 2
    Bruit que quelques animaux font en sifflant.
  3. 3
    Bruit aigu que font diverses choses, comme le vent, une flèche, une balle de fusil, une pierre lancée avec force, etc.
  4. 4
    Certain bruit aigu que l’homme et quelques animaux font lorsqu’ils respirent avec peine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il détaillait ma beauté, un cri d'extase pour mes yeux, un béement prolongé pour mes mains, un sifflement coquin pour mes jambes, un silence bien préparé pour ma poitrine.
  2. Il nous étourdit par ses sifflements continuels.

This word in other languages

whistle(English)silbido(Español)Pfiff(Deutsch)assobio(Português)

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.

isfflement2sfiflement2siffelment2siffleemnt2sifflemennt1sifflementt1sifflemetn2sifflemment1
Edit distance from "sifflement"

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 "sifflement"?
"sifflement" is spelled S-I-F-F-L-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \si.flə.mɑ̃\.
What does "sifflement" mean?
As a noun, "sifflement" means: Bruit que l’on fait en sifflant.
What words are commonly confused with "sifflement"?
"sifflement" is commonly confused with "sifflent", "simplement", "sifflements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sifflement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sifflement" is \si.flə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sifflement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list