soit
\swa\
The verdict
“soit” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #124. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #124
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de être.
Corpus desk
Index FR-soit · soit · French
soit · rank #124 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #124
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH quoi
Nearest frequency peer: quoi (-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 “soit”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 3
3
99,880 corpus weight
- déjà
déjà
99,879 corpus weight
- quoi
quoi
99,878 corpus weight
- soit
soit
99,877 corpus weight
- trop
trop
99,876 corpus weight
- leurs
leurs
99,875 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “soit” 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 | soit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \swa\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #124 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “soit” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around soit (IPA \swa\), averb. Corpus frequency is #124 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 soit, with forms such as "osit", "siot", and "soitt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "st", "son", "sol", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is soit, spelled S-O-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de être.
- 2Supposons que … soit. — Note d’usage : introduit ou pose un ou plusieurs nouveaux objets mathématiques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how soit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Que le nombre important de naissances illégitimes soit une marque d’immoralité, je le veux bien ; encore est-il qu’il faut faire des distinctions et examiner si ce n’est pas plutôt un signe d’irrégularité que d’immoralité.
« Quel dommage qu’il soit – prononcer “soye” – pas là, Fred ! »
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osit
- siot
- soitt
- soti
- ssoit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of soit - 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.
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 "soit", 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
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- "soit" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "st". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #124 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.