sister

\sis.tœʁ\

/\sis.tœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“sister” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,012. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,012
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sœur (dans un sens moral, et dans un contexte de personnes anglophones).

Corpus desk

Index FR-sister · sister · French

sister · rank #33,012 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,012
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sioux

Nearest frequency peer: Sioux (-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 « sister »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sister » 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).

sister vs site
67% similar
sister vs sites
67% similar
sister vs sixte
67% similar

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

Key facts for sister
PropertyValue
Headwordsister
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sis.tœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#33,012
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sister »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sisterse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Sioux » (#33,011), « skills » (#33,013), « Sinatra » (#33,010). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sister » est au #33,012. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around sister (IPA \sis.tœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,012 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sœur (dans un sens moral, et dans un contexte de personnes anglophones).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sister, with forms such as "isster", "sisetr", and "sisster". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "site", "sites", "sixte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sister, spelled S-I-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sœur (dans un sens moral, et dans un contexte de personnes anglophones).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. « Dans le mot amitié qu’est-ce que vous comprenez ? », interroge la blueswoman, entre deux chansons, avant d’inviter sa sister américaine de la rejoindre sur scène.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isster
  • sisetr
  • sisster
  • sisterr
  • sistre
  • sistter
  • sitser
  • ssister
  • ssiter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

isster2sisetr2sisster1sisterr1sistre2sistter1sitser2ssister1
Edit distance from "sister"

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 "sister"?
"sister" is spelled S-I-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sis.tœʁ\.
What does "sister" mean?
As a noun, "sister" means: Sœur (dans un sens moral, et dans un contexte de personnes anglophones).
What words are commonly confused with "sister"?
"sister" is commonly confused with "site", "sites", "sixte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sister"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sister" is \sis.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sister" come from?
"sister" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

skills#33,013Sommer#33,017Saclay#32,999talmud#33,042

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

semoule9 variantsroupies9 variantssurvive9 variantspoulette9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list