soupçon

\sup.sɔ̃\

/\sup.sɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“soupçon” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,481. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,481
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opinion ou croyance désavantageuse, accompagnée de doute.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soupcon · soupçon · French

soupçon · rank #13,481 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,481
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH soulèvement

Nearest frequency peer: soulèvement (-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 « soupçon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « soupçon » 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).

soupçon vs soupçons
88% similar
soupçon vs soupçonné
78% similar
soupçon vs souchon
71% similar

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

Key facts for soupçon
PropertyValue
Headwordsoupçon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sup.sɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,481
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « soupçon »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).soupçonse 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 « soulèvement » (#13,480), « spoiler » (#13,482), « souhaitable » (#13,479). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soupçon » est au #13,481. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around soupçon (IPA \sup.sɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,481 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for soupçon, with forms such as "osupçon", "sopuçon", and "soupcon". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "soupçons", "soupçonné", "souchon", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is soupçon, spelled S-O-U-P-Ç-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Opinion ou croyance désavantageuse, accompagnée de doute.
  2. 2
    Simple conjecture de croyances, intuition.
  3. 3
    Légère apparence, légère atteinte.
  4. 4
    Très petite quantité d'une chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une fois entré dans la voie du soupçon, on ne s’arrête plus : aussi le landgrave, voulant, à quelque prix que ce fût, acquérir une certitude, étouffa-t-il ce sentiment généreux et instinctif qui fait que tout homme de cœur répugne à s’abaisser au métier d’espion ; […].
  2. Ses soupçons se portèrent sur l’eau, véhicule naturel des germes contagieux.

Synonyms

suspicionteintepointe

This word in other languages

suspicion(English)sospecha(Español)Verdacht(Deutsch)suspeita(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osupçon
  • sopuçon
  • soupcon
  • soupoçn
  • souppçon
  • soupçno
  • soupçonn
  • souçpon
  • ssoupçon
  • suopçon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osupçon2sopuçon2soupcon1soupoçn2souppçon1soupçno2soupçonn1souçpon2
Edit distance from "soupçon"

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 "soupçon"?
"soupçon" is spelled S-O-U-P-Ç-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sup.sɔ̃\.
What does "soupçon" mean?
As a noun, "soupçon" means: Opinion ou croyance désavantageuse, accompagnée de doute.
What words are commonly confused with "soupçon"?
"soupçon" is commonly confused with "soupçons", "soupçonné", "souchon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "soupçon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soupçon" is \sup.sɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soupçon" come from?
"soupçon" 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 "soupçon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

spoiler#13,482rétabli#13,470refrain#13,461recrues#13,460

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

agresser10 variantsarrêtait10 variantsbarbier10 variantsoffensif10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list