software

\sɔft.wɛʁ\

/\sɔft.wɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“software” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,820. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,820
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Logiciel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-software · software · French

software · rank #17,820 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,820
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH snapchat

Nearest frequency peer: snapchat (-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 « software »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « software » 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
Key facts for software
PropertyValue
Headwordsoftware
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔft.wɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,820
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « software »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.softwarese 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 « snapchat » (#17,819), « solidement » (#17,821), « small » (#17,818). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « software » est au #17,820. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around software (IPA \sɔft.wɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,820 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Logiciel.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for software, with forms such as "osftware", "sfotware", and "sofftware". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is software, spelled S-O-F-T-W-A-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Logiciel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’ID.3 est une voiture moins impactante pour l’environnement et évolutive, grâce à des mises à jour software (fonctionnalités, gestion de la batterie, etc.), qui lui permettent de garder sa jeunesse (et sa valeur).
  2. Cela permet de livrer de nouveaux software pour véhicules en moins de deux ans, réduisant considérablement le délai de mise sur le marché et d’améliorer la qualité des produits.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osftware
  • sfotware
  • sofftware
  • softawre
  • softtware
  • softwaer
  • softwarre
  • softwrae
  • softwware
  • sofwtare
  • sotfware
  • ssoftware

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of software - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

osftware2sfotware2sofftware1softawre2softtware1softwaer2softwarre1softwrae2
Edit distance from "software"

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 "software"?
"software" is spelled S-O-F-T-W-A-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔft.wɛʁ\.
What does "software" mean?
As a noun, "software" means: Logiciel.
What are common misspellings of "software"?
Common misspellings include "osftware", "sfotware", "sofftware", "softawre", "softtware". The correct spelling is "software".
How do you pronounce "software"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "software" is \sɔft.wɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "software" come from?
"software" 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 "software", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

snapchat#17,819sonnette#17,822ruptures#17,807racontée#17,801

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

savoureux12 variantssupposant12 variantsplantés12 variantsagressifs12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list