souffrance

\su.fʁɑ̃s\

/\su.fʁɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“souffrance” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,965. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,965
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Douleur physique ou morale, état de celui, de celle qui souffre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-souffrance · souffrance · French

souffrance · rank #3,965 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,965
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sortes

Nearest frequency peer: sortes (-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 « souffrance »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « souffrance » 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).

souffrance vs souffrant
80% similar
souffrance vs souffrante
90% similar
souffrance vs souffrances
91% similar

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

Key facts for souffrance
PropertyValue
Headwordsouffrance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\su.fʁɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,965
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « souffrance »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).souffrancese 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 « sortes » (#3,964), « supporters » (#3,966), « Sophie » (#3,963). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « souffrance » est au #3,965. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around souffrance (IPA \su.fʁɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,965 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for souffrance, with forms such as "osuffrance", "sofufrance", and "souffarnce". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "souffrant", "souffrante", "souffrances", 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 souffrance, spelled S-O-U-F-F-R-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Douleur physique ou morale, état de celui, de celle qui souffre.
  2. 2
    Tolérance en vertu de laquelle on accepte certaines choses que l’on pourrait empêcher.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Simplement une douleur infinie, une souffrance continue, sans trêve ni repos, la souffrance cruelle et injuste des êtres inconscients, enfants ou animaux, qui n’ont même pas l’amère consolation de comprendre pourquoi et comment ils souffrent…
  2. Car il n’était pas fait pour la vie de collège. Pour lui, elle était un supplice renouvelé tous les jours. On comprenait, en l’observant, qu’il avait tellement pris l’habitude de souffrir que la souffrance était devenue sa meilleure amie.

This word in other languages

suffering(English)sufrimiento(Español)Leiden(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osuffrance
  • sofufrance
  • souffarnce
  • souffracne
  • souffrancce
  • souffranec
  • souffrannce
  • souffrnace
  • souffrrance
  • soufrance
  • soufrfance
  • ssouffrance
  • suoffrance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of souffrance - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

osuffrance2sofufrance2souffarnce2souffracne2souffrancce1souffranec2souffrannce1souffrnace2
Edit distance from "souffrance"

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 "souffrance"?
"souffrance" is spelled S-O-U-F-F-R-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \su.fʁɑ̃s\.
What does "souffrance" mean?
As a noun, "souffrance" means: Douleur physique ou morale, état de celui, de celle qui souffre.
What words are commonly confused with "souffrance"?
"souffrance" is commonly confused with "souffrant", "souffrante", "souffrances". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "souffrance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "souffrance" is \su.fʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "souffrance" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

supporters#3,966occupation#3,948nomination#3,946producteur#4,012

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

fenêtres13 variantslibertés13 variantsincapable13 variantsfavoriser13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list