soumis

\su.mi\

/\su.mi\/ adj

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The verdict

“soumis” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,645. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,645
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est disposé à l’obéissance ou qui en a pris le parti après avoir résisté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soumis · soumis · French

soumis · rank #2,645 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,645
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH souci

Nearest frequency peer: souci (-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 « soumis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « soumis » 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).

soumis vs suis
67% similar
soumis vs sous
67% similar
soumis vs subis
67% similar

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

Key facts for soumis
PropertyValue
Headwordsoumis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\su.mi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,645
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « soumis »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.soumisse 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 « souci » (#2,644), « sports » (#2,646), « rentrée » (#2,643). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soumis » est au #2,645. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around soumis (IPA \su.mi\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,645 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est disposé à l’obéissance ou qui en a pris le parti après avoir résisté.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for soumis, with forms such as "osumis", "somuis", and "souims". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "suis", "sous", "subis", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is soumis, spelled S-O-U-M-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est disposé à l’obéissance ou qui en a pris le parti après avoir résisté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des sujets soumis.
  2. Un fils soumis et respectueux.

Antonyms

insoumis

This word in other languages

submissive(English)untertan(Deutsch)submisso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osumis
  • somuis
  • souims
  • soumiss
  • soummis
  • soumsi
  • ssoumis
  • suomis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osumis2somuis2souims2soumiss1soummis1soumsi2ssoumis1suomis2
Edit distance from "soumis"

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 "soumis"?
"soumis" is spelled S-O-U-M-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \su.mi\.
What does "soumis" mean?
As an adjective, "soumis" means: Qui est disposé à l’obéissance ou qui en a pris le parti après avoir résisté.
What words are commonly confused with "soumis"?
"soumis" is commonly confused with "suis", "sous", "subis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "soumis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soumis" is \su.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soumis" come from?
"soumis" 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 "soumis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

sports#2,646séjour#2,647voient#2,652allant#2,656

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

pêche8 variantsoutils8 variantsdisque8 variantsimmense8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list