sound

\saʊnd\

/\saʊnd\/ noun

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The verdict

“sound” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,599. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,599
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Son, bruit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sound · sound · French

sound · rank #18,599 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,599
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH soc

Nearest frequency peer: soc (-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 « sound »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sound » 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).

sound vs sud
60% similar
sound vs sun
60% similar
sound vs sous
60% similar

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

Key facts for sound
PropertyValue
Headwordsound
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\saʊnd\
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,599
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sound »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).soundse 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 « soc » (#18,598), « soutenues » (#18,600), « slalom » (#18,597). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sound » est au #18,599. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around sound (IPA \saʊnd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,599 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sound, with forms such as "osund", "sonud", and "soudn". 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, "sud", "sun", "sous", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sound, spelled S-O-U-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Son, bruit.
  2. 2
    Ouïe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The six senses are: sight, sound (hearing), smell, taste, touch, and equilibrium.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osund
  • sonud
  • soudn
  • soundd
  • sounnd
  • ssound
  • suond

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sound - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

osund2sonud2soudn2soundd1sounnd1ssound1suond2
Edit distance from "sound"

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 "sound"?
"sound" is spelled S-O-U-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \saʊnd\.
What does "sound" mean?
As a noun, "sound" means: Son, bruit.
What words are commonly confused with "sound"?
"sound" is commonly confused with "sud", "sun", "sous". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sound"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sound" is \saʊnd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sound" come from?
"sound" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

swing#18,602Singh#18,595Samir#18,591topic#18,609

Similar misspelling depth

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

relis7 variantsregain7 variantsvêtue7 variantsqueues7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list