soufflet

\su.flɛ\

/\su.flɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“soufflet” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,757. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,757
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument servant à souffler, à faire du vent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soufflet · soufflet · French

soufflet · rank #34,757 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,757
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH soumettant

Nearest frequency peer: soumettant (+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 « soufflet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « soufflet » 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).

soufflet vs souffre
75% similar
soufflet vs souffrez
75% similar
soufflet vs souffres
75% similar

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

Key facts for soufflet
PropertyValue
Headwordsoufflet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\su.flɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#34,757
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « soufflet »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.souffletse 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 « soumettant » (#34,758), « Sloane » (#34,755), « souscripteurs » (#34,759). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soufflet » est au #34,757. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around soufflet (IPA \su.flɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,757 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for soufflet, with forms such as "osufflet", "sofuflet", and "souffelt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "souffre", "souffrez", "souffres", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is soufflet, spelled S-O-U-F-F-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrument servant à souffler, à faire du vent.
  2. 2
    Ce qui se replie comme un soufflet.
  3. 3
    Poumon.
  4. 4
    Dispositif de parois extensibles abritant une passerelle entre deux voitures. Un dispositif comparable existe dans les autobus articulés.
  5. 5
    Coup de la main à plat sur la joue.
  6. 6
    Camouflet, affront, mortification.
  7. 7
    Voiture hippomobile.
  8. 8
    Partie d’un vitrail dont les contours délimitent une forme symétrique.
  9. 9
    Surnom de l’alchimie.
  10. 10
    Crescendo suivi d’un decrescendo, en raison de la forme du signe sur la partition (𝆒𝆓).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Soufflet d’orfèvre, de maréchal. - Soufflet de forge. - Soufflet d’orgue. - Soufflet de cuisine.
  2. Perpette allait son train déguisé en touriste avec son alpenstock, son appareil photo à soufflet et son pantalon de golf.

This word in other languages

bellows(English)fuelle(Español)Blasebalg(Deutsch)fole(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osufflet
  • sofuflet
  • souffelt
  • soufflett
  • souffllet
  • soufflte
  • souflet
  • souflfet
  • ssoufflet
  • suofflet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osufflet2sofuflet2souffelt2soufflett1souffllet1soufflte2souflet1souflfet2
Edit distance from "soufflet"

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 "soufflet"?
"soufflet" is spelled S-O-U-F-F-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \su.flɛ\.
What does "soufflet" mean?
As a noun, "soufflet" means: Instrument servant à souffler, à faire du vent.
What words are commonly confused with "soufflet"?
"soufflet" is commonly confused with "souffre", "souffrez", "souffres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "soufflet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soufflet" is \su.flɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soufflet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Sherwood#34,750sentirez#34,748surmonte#34,772révélera#34,740

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

sudiste10 variantssunrise10 variantssaturée10 variantssurfeur10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list