soupçons
\sup.sɔ̃\
The verdict
“soupçons” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,916. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,916
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de soupçon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-soupcons · soupçons · French
soupçons · rank #9,916 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,916
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH souhaitons
Nearest frequency peer: souhaitons (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “soupçons”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Sicile
Sicile
90,088 corpus weight
- sire
sire
90,087 corpus weight
- souhaitons
souhaitons
90,086 corpus weight
- soupçons
soupçons
90,085 corpus weight
- speed
speed
90,084 corpus weight
- stagiaire
stagiaire
90,083 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “soupçons” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | soupçons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sup.sɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “soupçons” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around soupçons (IPA \sup.sɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,916 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de soupçon.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for soupçons, with forms such as "osupçons", "sopuçons", and "soupcons". 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, "soupçon", "soupçonné", "soupçonnés", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is soupçons, spelled S-O-U-P-Ç-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de soupçon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how soupçons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ernest remarqua le tremblement excessif du paroissien dans les mains de la personne voilée à son passage ; et, comme elle était la seule qui cachât sa figure, il eut des soupçons que confirma la mise de Modeste, étudiée avec un soin d’amant curieux.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osupçons
- sopuçons
- soupcons
- soupoçns
- souppçons
- soupçnos
- soupçonns
- soupçonss
- soupçosn
- souçpons
- ssoupçons
- suopçons
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of soupçons - 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.
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
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "soupçons", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "soupçons". Here's where to go from here.
- "soupçons" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "soupçon". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,916 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.