souhaitent

\swɛt\

/\swɛt\/ verb

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The verdict

“souhaitent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,190. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,190
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de souhaiter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-souhaitent · souhaitent · French

souhaitent · rank #5,190 · 14 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,190
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH shirt

Nearest frequency peer: shirt (-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 « souhaitent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « souhaitent » 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).

souhaitent vs souhaiter
80% similar
souhaitent vs souhaitez
80% similar
souhaitent vs souhaitons
80% similar

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

Key facts for souhaitent
PropertyValue
Headwordsouhaitent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\swɛt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#5,190
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « souhaitent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).souhaitentse 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 « shirt » (#5,189), « spectateurs » (#5,191), « septième » (#5,188). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « souhaitent » est au #5,190. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around souhaitent (IPA \swɛt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,190 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for souhaitent, with forms such as "osuhaitent", "sohuaitent", and "souahitent". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "souhaiter", "souhaitez", "souhaitons", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is souhaitent, spelled S-O-U-H-A-I-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de souhaiter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de souhaiter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tous les jeunes urbains et branchés qui souhaitent se démarquer des cow-boys allument une Lucky.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osuhaitent
  • sohuaitent
  • souahitent
  • souhaietnt
  • souhaitennt
  • souhaitentt
  • souhaitetn
  • souhaitnet
  • souhaittent
  • souhatient
  • souhhaitent
  • souhiatent
  • ssouhaitent
  • suohaitent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osuhaitent2sohuaitent2souahitent2souhaietnt2souhaitennt1souhaitentt1souhaitetn2souhaitnet2
Edit distance from "souhaitent"

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 "souhaitent"?
"souhaitent" is spelled S-O-U-H-A-I-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \swɛt\.
What does "souhaitent" mean?
As a verb, "souhaitent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de souhaiter.
What words are commonly confused with "souhaitent"?
"souhaitent" is commonly confused with "souhaiter", "souhaitez", "souhaitons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "souhaitent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "souhaitent" is \swɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "souhaitent" come from?
"souhaitent" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

temporaire#5,195répression#5,183prisonnier#5,171dangereuse#5,120

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

trimestre14 variantsChristine14 variantsdémocrate14 variantspréalable14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list