souligner

\su.li.ɲe\

/\su.li.ɲe\/ verb

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“souligner” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,138. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,138
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tirer une ligne sous un mot, ou sous plusieurs mots.

Corpus desk

Index FR-souligner · souligner · French

souligner · rank #6,138 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,138
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH servant

Nearest frequency peer: servant (-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 « souligner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « souligner » 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).

souligner vs soulignés
78% similar
souligner vs soigner
78% similar
souligner vs soulier
78% similar

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

Key facts for souligner
PropertyValue
Headwordsouligner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\su.li.ɲe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,138
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « souligner »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.soulignerse 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 « servant » (#6,137), « story » (#6,139), « saurait » (#6,136). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « souligner » est au #6,138. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around souligner (IPA \su.li.ɲe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,138 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for souligner, with forms such as "osuligner", "soluigner", and "souilgner". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "soulignés", "soigner", "soulier", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is souligner, spelled S-O-U-L-I-G-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tirer une ligne sous un mot, ou sous plusieurs mots.
  2. 2
    Signaler à l’attention en insistant.
  3. 3
    Accentuer ; renforcer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On souligne dans une copie manuscrite ce qui doit être imprimé en italiques. On souligne les mots, les passages sur lesquels on veut attirer l’attention du lecteur.
  2. Les effigies qu’on publia de lui soulignaient d’abord une immense moustache noire et, en second lieu, derrière la moustache, un air farouchement irascible.

This word in other languages

underline(English)subrayar(Español)unterstreichen(Deutsch)sublinhar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osuligner
  • soluigner
  • souilgner
  • soulginer
  • souligenr
  • souliggner
  • soulignerr
  • soulignner
  • soulignre
  • soulinger
  • soulligner
  • ssouligner
  • suoligner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osuligner2soluigner2souilgner2soulginer2souligenr2souliggner1soulignerr1soulignner1
Edit distance from "souligner"

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 "souligner"?
"souligner" is spelled S-O-U-L-I-G-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \su.li.ɲe\.
What does "souligner" mean?
As a verb, "souligner" means: Tirer une ligne sous un mot, ou sous plusieurs mots.
What words are commonly confused with "souligner"?
"souligner" is commonly confused with "soulignés", "soigner", "soulier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "souligner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "souligner" is \su.li.ɲe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "souligner" come from?
"souligner" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

séminaire#6,142ressortir#6,132Vancouver#6,145promenade#6,128

Similar misspelling depth

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

rétablir13 variantscélébrer13 variantsdivisions13 variantsfabriquer13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list