silencieux

\si.lɑ̃.sjø\

/\si.lɑ̃.sjø\/ adj

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The verdict

“silencieux” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,627. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,627
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui garde le silence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-silencieux · silencieux · French

silencieux · rank #7,627 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,627
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sauvegarde

Nearest frequency peer: sauvegarde (-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 « silencieux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « silencieux » 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).

silencieux vs silencieuse
82% similar

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

Key facts for silencieux
PropertyValue
Headwordsilencieux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\si.lɑ̃.sjø\
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,627
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « silencieux »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).silencieuxse 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 « sauvegarde » (#7,626), « singe » (#7,628), « résidences » (#7,625). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « silencieux » est au #7,627. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around silencieux (IPA \si.lɑ̃.sjø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,627 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for silencieux, with forms such as "islencieux", "sielncieux", and "silecnieux". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "silencieuse", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is silencieux, spelled S-I-L-E-N-C-I-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui garde le silence.
  2. 2
    Que l’on exprime par le silence.
  3. 3
    Qualifie une personne qui parle peu, qui garde habituellement le silence.
  4. 4
    Qualifie les choses qui ne font pas de bruit, ou en font peu.
  5. 5
    Qualifie les lieux où l’on n’entend pas de bruit.
  6. 6
    Dont on ne parle pas ; qui n’est peu ou pas connu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ils devinrent silencieux comme deux joueurs qui se défient l’un de l’autre.
  2. L’un était […] probablement silencieux par ordre ; l’autre, gêné de trouver Mikkelsen et Münck parlant sa langue, était d’une loquacité un peu déconcertante.

Synonyms

calmetaciturnetaiseuxtranquille

This word in other languages

silent(English)silencioso(Español)still(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • islencieux
  • sielncieux
  • silecnieux
  • silenccieux
  • silenceiux
  • silencieuxx
  • silenciexu
  • silenciuex
  • sileniceux
  • silenncieux
  • sillencieux
  • silnecieux
  • sliencieux
  • ssilencieux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

islencieux2sielncieux2silecnieux2silenccieux1silenceiux2silencieuxx1silenciexu2silenciuex2
Edit distance from "silencieux"

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 "silencieux"?
"silencieux" is spelled S-I-L-E-N-C-I-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \si.lɑ̃.sjø\.
What does "silencieux" mean?
As an adjective, "silencieux" means: Qui garde le silence.
What words are commonly confused with "silencieux"?
"silencieux" is commonly confused with "silencieuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "silencieux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "silencieux" is \si.lɑ̃.sjø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "silencieux" come from?
"silencieux" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sauvegarde#7,626résidences#7,625soumission#7,629ressembler#7,620

Similar misspelling depth

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

renverser14 variantsémergence14 variantsproposées14 variantsmortalité14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list