Simpson
\ˈsɪmp.sən\
The verdict
“Simpson” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,304. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,304
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille répandu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-simpson · Simpson · French
Simpson · rank #11,304 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,304
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Sherbrooke
Nearest frequency peer: Sherbrooke (-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 « Simpson »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- self
self
88,700 corpus weight
- seriez
seriez
88,699 corpus weight
- Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke
88,698 corpus weight
- Simpson
Simpson
88,697 corpus weight
- sonores
sonores
88,696 corpus weight
- Soviétiques
Soviétiques
88,695 corpus weight
What this shows « Simpson » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | Simpson |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈsɪmp.sən\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #11,304 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Simpson »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Simpson (IPA \ˈsɪmp.sən\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #11,304 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille répandu.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Simpson, with forms such as "ismpson", "simmpson", and "simposn". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "siphon", "Simon", "Samson", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Simpson, spelled S-I-M-P-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille répandu.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ismpson
- simmpson
- simposn
- simppson
- simpsno
- simpsonn
- simpsson
- simspon
- sipmson
- smipson
- ssimpson
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Simpson - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).