sophisme

\sɔ.fism\

/\sɔ.fism\/ noun

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The verdict

“sophisme” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,506. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,506
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raisonnement qui n’est logique ou vrai qu’en apparence, mais qui est délibérément conçu pour tromper ou faire illusion.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sophisme · sophisme · French

sophisme · rank #40,506 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,506
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH somptueuses

Nearest frequency peer: somptueuses (-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 « sophisme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sophisme » 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).

sophisme vs sophismes
89% similar
sophisme vs Sophie
63% similar
sophisme vs schisme
75% similar

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

Key facts for sophisme
PropertyValue
Headwordsophisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔ.fism\
Letters8
Frequency rank#40,506
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sophisme »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sophismese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « somptueuses » (#40,505), « souchon » (#40,507), « somnolence » (#40,504). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sophisme » est au #40,506. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around sophisme (IPA \sɔ.fism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,506 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sophisme, with forms such as "osphisme", "sohpisme", and "sophhisme". 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, "sophismes", "Sophie", "schisme", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sophisme, spelled S-O-P-H-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Raisonnement qui n’est logique ou vrai qu’en apparence, mais qui est délibérément conçu pour tromper ou faire illusion.
  2. 2
    Tout raisonnement logique ou vrai qu’en apparence, qu'il soit exprimé avec bonne foi (paralogisme) ou dans le but de tromper (vrai sophisme).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] le sophisme du progrès et l'illusion de croire à l'avenir de l'homme !
  2. Dans ce point de vue, on apercevra que les raisonnements que l’on vient d’exposer ne sont que des sophismes frivoles, ou un badinage de l’esprit, fort déplacé dans l’examen d’une matière si importante.

This word in other languages

sophism(English)sofisma(Español)Sophisma(Deutsch)sofisma(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osphisme
  • sohpisme
  • sophhisme
  • sophimse
  • sophisem
  • sophismme
  • sophissme
  • sophsime
  • sopihsme
  • sopphisme
  • spohisme
  • ssophisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osphisme2sohpisme2sophhisme1sophimse2sophisem2sophismme1sophissme1sophsime2
Edit distance from "sophisme"

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 "sophisme"?
"sophisme" is spelled S-O-P-H-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔ.fism\.
What does "sophisme" mean?
As a noun, "sophisme" means: Raisonnement qui n’est logique ou vrai qu’en apparence, mais qui est délibérément conçu pour tromper ou faire illusion.
What words are commonly confused with "sophisme"?
"sophisme" is commonly confused with "sophismes", "Sophie", "schisme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sophisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sophisme" is \sɔ.fism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sophisme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

stallone#40,510Sheppard#40,498suiveurs#40,517sellette#40,493

Similar misspelling depth

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

sauveteur12 variantsrisquées12 variantséchangée12 variantséjection12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list