soufre

\sufʁ\

/\sufʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“soufre” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,238
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 16 et de symbole S qui fait partie des non-métaux, plus spécifiquement des chalcogènes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soufre · soufre · French

soufre · rank #16,238 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,238
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sin

Nearest frequency peer: sin (-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 « soufre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « soufre » 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).

soufre vs sure
67% similar
soufre vs sour
67% similar
soufre vs sucre
67% similar

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

Key facts for soufre
PropertyValue
Headwordsoufre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sufʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,238
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « soufre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).soufrese 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 « sin » (#16,237), « souscrit » (#16,239), « serviront » (#16,236). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soufre » est au #16,238. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around soufre (IPA \sufʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,238 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for soufre, with forms such as "osufre", "sofure", and "soufer". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sure", "sour", "sucre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is soufre, spelled S-O-U-F-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élément chimique de numéro atomique 16 et de symbole S qui fait partie des non-métaux, plus spécifiquement des chalcogènes.
  2. 2
    Le principal allotrope de cet élément, d’aspect jaune pâle, doux, léger et friable, inodore et insipide. Allié à l’hydrogène, il donne le sulfure d’hydrogène (H₂S), responsable de l’odeur caractéristique des œufs putréfiés. Chacun des autres allotropes.
  3. 3
    Cet élément mis en pulvérisation sur des cultures pour lutter contre l’oïdium.
  4. 4
    Atome (ou, par ellipse, noyau) de soufre.
  5. 5
    Les allotropes du soufre, dans leur ensemble.
  6. 6
    Un des principes alchimiques composant les métaux.
  7. 7
    Papillon de la famille des piérides, de couleur jaune, le Colia hyale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le soufre des pyrites donne à la fonte de mauvaises qualités […]
  2. Les individus des populations vivant dans les sources sulfureuses ont des têtes notablement plus grandes que celles de leurs congénères des habitats dénués de soufre.

This word in other languages

sulphur(English)azufre(Español)Schwefel(Deutsch)enxofre(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osufre
  • sofure
  • soufer
  • soufrre
  • sourfe
  • ssoufre
  • suofre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osufre2sofure2soufer2soufrre1sourfe2ssoufre1suofre2
Edit distance from "soufre"

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 "soufre"?
"soufre" is spelled S-O-U-F-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sufʁ\.
What does "soufre" mean?
As a noun, "soufre" means: Élément chimique de numéro atomique 16 et de symbole S qui fait partie des non-métaux, plus spécifiquement des chalcogènes.
What words are commonly confused with "soufre"?
"soufre" is commonly confused with "sure", "sour", "sucre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "soufre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soufre" is \sufʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soufre" come from?
"soufre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

survit#16,245rabbin#16,221plaqué#16,210vinyle#16,266

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Roméo7 variantsvoilée7 variantswhere7 variantswoman7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list