soixante

\swa.sɑ̃t\

/\swa.sɑ̃t\/ adj

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The verdict

“soixante” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,078. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,078
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cinquante-neuf plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 60.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soixante · soixante · French

soixante · rank #5,078 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,078
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stock

Nearest frequency peer: stock (+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 « soixante »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « soixante » 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).

soixante vs suivante
75% similar
soixante vs sortante
75% similar
soixante vs soignante
78% similar

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

Key facts for soixante
PropertyValue
Headwordsoixante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\swa.sɑ̃t\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,078
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « soixante »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.soixantese 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 « stock » (#5,079), « roux » (#5,076), « susceptibles » (#5,080). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soixante » est au #5,078. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around soixante (IPA \swa.sɑ̃t\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,078 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for soixante, with forms such as "osixante", "sioxante", and "soiaxnte". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "suivante", "sortante", "soignante", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is soixante, spelled S-O-I-X-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cinquante-neuf plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 60.
  2. 2
    Soixantième.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Arrêtons-nous devant les célèbres bains de Tiflis, dont les eaux thermales peuvent atteindre soixante degrés centigrades.
  2. Ainsi l’échardonneur Garnett opère au moyen d’un cylindre peigneur de 0m562 de diamètre; ayant soixante peignes disposés sur sa demi-circonférence, soit une rangée de peignes par 14 millimètres de circonférence.

Synonyms

quarante-vingttrois vingts

This word in other languages

sixty(English)sesenta(Español)sechzig(Deutsch)sessenta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osixante
  • sioxante
  • soiaxnte
  • soixanet
  • soixannte
  • soixantte
  • soixatne
  • soixnate
  • soixxante
  • soxiante
  • ssoixante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of soixante - 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.

osixante2sioxante2soiaxnte2soixanet2soixannte1soixantte1soixatne2soixnate2
Edit distance from "soixante"

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 "soixante"?
"soixante" is spelled S-O-I-X-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \swa.sɑ̃t\.
What does "soixante" mean?
As an adjective, "soixante" means: Cinquante-neuf plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 60.
What words are commonly confused with "soixante"?
"soixante" is commonly confused with "suivante", "sortante", "soignante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "soixante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soixante" is \swa.sɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soixante" come from?
"soixante" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list