soupçonner

\sup.sɔ.ne\

/\sup.sɔ.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“soupçonner” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,878. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,878
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir, concernant quelqu’un ou quelque chose, une opinion, une présomption désavantageuse, mais incertaine et mêlée de doute.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soupconner · soupçonner · French

soupçonner · rank #26,878 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,878
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH soulevées

Nearest frequency peer: soulevées (-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 « soupçonner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « soupçonner » 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).

soupçonner vs soupçonnés
80% similar
soupçonner vs soupçonné
80% similar
soupçonner vs soupçonnée
80% similar

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

Key facts for soupçonner
PropertyValue
Headwordsoupçonner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sup.sɔ.ne\
Letters10
Frequency rank#26,878
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « soupçonner »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).soupçonnerse 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 « soulevées » (#26,877), « soutenez » (#26,879), « soulevée » (#26,876). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soupçonner » est au #26,878. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around soupçonner (IPA \sup.sɔ.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,878 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 soupçonner, with forms such as "osupçonner", "sopuçonner", and "soupconner". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "soupçonnés", "soupçonné", "soupçonnée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is soupçonner, spelled S-O-U-P-Ç-O-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir, concernant quelqu’un ou quelque chose, une opinion, une présomption désavantageuse, mais incertaine et mêlée de doute.
  2. 2
    Former une simple conjecture.
  3. 3
    Avoir une idée, une prescience, de ce qui adviendra.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’ancienne maire de Puteaux (Hauts-de-Seine), Joëlle Ceccaldi-Reynaud, est soupçonnée d’avoir transmis de l’argent non déclaré, sous forme de lingots d’or, à sa fille.
  2. J'avais toujours soupçonné les géographes de ne savoir ce qu'ils disent lorsqu'ils placent le champ de bataille de Munda dans le pays des Bastuli-Poeni, près de la moderne Monda, à quelque deux lieues au nord de Marbella.

This word in other languages

suspect(English)sospechar(Español)verdächtigen(Deutsch)suspeitar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osupçonner
  • sopuçonner
  • soupconner
  • soupoçnner
  • souppçonner
  • soupçnoner
  • soupçonenr
  • soupçoner
  • soupçonnerr
  • soupçonnre
  • souçponner
  • ssoupçonner
  • suopçonner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osupçonner2sopuçonner2soupconner1soupoçnner2souppçonner1soupçnoner2soupçonenr2soupçoner1
Edit distance from "soupçonner"

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 "soupçonner"?
"soupçonner" is spelled S-O-U-P-Ç-O-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sup.sɔ.ne\.
What does "soupçonner" mean?
As a verb, "soupçonner" means: Avoir, concernant quelqu’un ou quelque chose, une opinion, une présomption désavantageuse, mais incertaine et mêlée de doute.
What words are commonly confused with "soupçonner"?
"soupçonner" is commonly confused with "soupçonnés", "soupçonné", "soupçonnée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "soupçonner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soupçonner" is \sup.sɔ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soupçonner" come from?
"soupçonner" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Schtroumpf#26,870saisonnier#26,865réunissait#26,864réparateur#26,863

Similar misspelling depth

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

soulevées13 variantssécurisés13 variantsrotations13 variantstournages13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list