soudainement

\su.dɛn.mɑ̃\

/\su.dɛn.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“soudainement” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,928. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,928
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière soudaine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soudainement · soudainement · French

soudainement · rank #8,928 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,928
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH soudan

Nearest frequency peer: soudan (+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 « soudainement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « soudainement » 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
Key facts for soudainement
PropertyValue
Headwordsoudainement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\su.dɛn.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#8,928
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « soudainement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).soudainementse 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 « soudan » (#8,929), « significatif » (#8,926), « square » (#8,930). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soudainement » est au #8,928. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around soudainement (IPA \su.dɛn.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #8,928 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "D’une manière soudaine.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for soudainement, with forms such as "osudainement", "soduainement", and "souadinement". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is soudainement, spelled S-O-U-D-A-I-N-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière soudaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […]…, et que le templier garderait près de lui une vingtaine d’hommes, comme corps de réserve, et avec lesquels il serait prêt à se porter sur tous les points qui pourraient être soudainement menacés.
  2. Son absence durait un an, deux ans. Et puis, un beau soir, sans que personne de son entourage fût prévenu, il reparaissait soudainement.

This word in other languages

suddenly(English)de golpe(Español)jäh(Deutsch)subitamente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osudainement
  • soduainement
  • souadinement
  • soudaienment
  • soudaineemnt
  • soudainemennt
  • soudainementt
  • soudainemetn
  • soudainemment
  • soudainemnet
  • soudainmeent
  • soudainnement
  • soudaniement
  • souddainement
  • soudianement
  • ssoudainement
  • suodainement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osudainement2soduainement2souadinement2soudaienment2soudaineemnt2soudainemennt1soudainementt1soudainemetn2
Edit distance from "soudainement"

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 "soudainement"?
"soudainement" is spelled S-O-U-D-A-I-N-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \su.dɛn.mɑ̃\.
What does "soudainement" mean?
As an adverb, "soudainement" means: D’une manière soudaine.
What are common misspellings of "soudainement"?
Common misspellings include "osudainement", "soduainement", "souadinement", "soudaienment", "soudaineemnt". The correct spelling is "soudainement".
How do you pronounce "soudainement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soudainement" is \su.dɛn.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soudainement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

significatif#8,926touristiques#8,938préliminaire#8,911accumulation#8,951

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

rentabilité17 variantsélectorales17 variantsdéclencher17 variantscontroverse17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list