Soissons

\swa.sɔ̃\

/\swa.sɔ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Soissons” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,283. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,283
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aisne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soissons · Soissons · French

Soissons · rank #20,283 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,283
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sine

Nearest frequency peer: sine (-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 « Soissons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Soissons » 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).

Soissons vs subissons
67% similar
Soissons vs saisons
63% similar

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

Key facts for Soissons
PropertyValue
HeadwordSoissons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\swa.sɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#20,283
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Soissons »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Soissonsse 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 « sine » (#20,282), « stoppé » (#20,284), « styliste » (#20,285). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Soissons » est au #20,283. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Soissons (IPA \swa.sɔ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,283 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aisne.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Soissons, with forms such as "osissons", "siossons", and "soisons". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "subissons", "saisons", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Soissons, spelled S-O-I-S-S-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aisne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sighebert revint victorieux de sa campagne d’outre-Rhin, reprit ses villes une à une, et, poursuivant son frère jusque sous les murs de Soissons, le défit dans une bataille, et entra de force dans la capitale de la Neustrie.
  2. La chaleur est excessive. Pas d'événement militaire important. Les troupes continuent à se succéder à Soissons ; le 267e est parti cette nuit, dirigé, dit-on, vers Reims et Troyes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osissons
  • siossons
  • soisons
  • soisosns
  • soissnos
  • soissonns
  • soissonss
  • soissosn
  • sosisons
  • ssoissons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Soissons - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

osissons2siossons2soisons1soisosns2soissnos2soissonns1soissonss1soissosn2
Edit distance from "Soissons"

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 "Soissons"?
"Soissons" is spelled S-O-I-S-S-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \swa.sɔ̃\.
What does "Soissons" mean?
As a proper noun, "Soissons" means: Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aisne.
What words are commonly confused with "Soissons"?
"Soissons" is commonly confused with "subissons", "saisons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Soissons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Soissons" is \swa.sɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Soissons" come from?
"Soissons" 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 "Soissons", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

styliste#20,285succombé#20,286tonneaux#20,300touchera#20,302

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

touchez10 variantsYaoundé10 variantszodiaque10 variantsébauche10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list