soir
\swaʁ\
The verdict
“soir” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #268. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #268
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déclin du jour, dernières heures de la journée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-soir · soir · French
soir · rank #268 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #268
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH jeu
Nearest frequency peer: jeu (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “soir”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ci
ci
99,737 corpus weight
- devant
devant
99,736 corpus weight
- jeu
jeu
99,734 corpus weight
- soir
soir
99,733 corpus weight
- souvent
souvent
99,732 corpus weight
- effet
effet
99,731 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “soir” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | soir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \swaʁ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #268 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “soir” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around soir (IPA \swaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #268 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for soir, with forms such as "osir", "sior", and "soirr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sr", "sur", "son", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is soir, spelled S-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Déclin du jour, dernières heures de la journée.
- 2Périod qui s’écoule entre le coucher de soleil et à minuit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how soir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le soir est venu. Il se lève une grande lune ronde, un grand plateau d’étain que doivent considérer avec amour, en ce moment, l’artilleur à barbe noire et le ténor.
Pas un détenu qui ne se retourne le soir sur sa paillasse à l’idée que l’aube peut être sinistre, qui ne s’endort sans souhaiter qu’il ne se passe rien.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osir
- sior
- soirr
- sori
- ssoir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of soir - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "soir", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "soir". Here's where to go from here.
- "soir" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "sr". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #268 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.