souci

\su.si\

/\su.si\/ noun

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The verdict

“souci” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,644. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,644
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soin, préoccupation, inquiétude.

Corpus desk

Index FR-souci · souci · French

souci · rank #2,644 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,644
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH rentrée

Nearest frequency peer: rentrée (-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 « souci »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « souci » 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).

souci vs suc
60% similar
souci vs sous
60% similar
souci vs subi
60% similar

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

Key facts for souci
PropertyValue
Headwordsouci
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\su.si\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,644
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « souci »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rentrée » (#2,643), « soumis » (#2,645), « recettes » (#2,642). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « souci » est au #2,644. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around souci (IPA \su.si\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,644 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for souci, with forms such as "osuci", "socui", and "soucci". 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, "suc", "sous", "subi", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 souci, spelled S-O-U-C-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soin, préoccupation, inquiétude.
  2. 2
    Problème.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Parmi les louanges qu’on donne à Bacchus, la plus glorieuse sans doute, c’est qu’il dissipe les soucis, les inquiétudes et les peines. Mais ce n’est pas pour longtemps : l’ivrogne cuve son vin, et les chagrins reviennent en poste.
  2. L’industrie moderne est caractérisée par un souci toujours plus grand de l’exactitude ; au fur et à mesure que l’outillage devient plus scientifique, on exige que le produit présente moins de défauts cachés.

This word in other languages

worry(English)preocupación(Español)Sorge(Deutsch)cuidado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osuci
  • socui
  • soucci
  • souic
  • ssouci
  • suoci

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of souci - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

osuci2socui2soucci1souic2ssouci1suoci2
Edit distance from "souci"

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 "souci"?
"souci" is spelled S-O-U-C-I. The IPA pronunciation is \su.si\.
What does "souci" mean?
As a noun, "souci" means: Soin, préoccupation, inquiétude.
What words are commonly confused with "souci"?
"souci" is commonly confused with "suc", "sous", "subi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "souci"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "souci" is \su.si\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "souci" come from?
"souci" 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 "souci", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pêche#2,639voile#2,653apple#2,657aurez#2,658

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

zéro6 variantsfoule6 variantsbloc6 variantsHarry6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list