soupir

\su.piʁ\

/\su.piʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“soupir” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,068. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,068
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expiration prolongée et souvent audible qu’on laisse échapper sous l’influence d’une émotion, d’un sentiment, tels que la tristesse, la surprise, le soulagement, l’exaspération, la déception ou d’u...

Corpus desk

Index FR-soupir · soupir · French

soupir · rank #13,068 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,068
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH socialement

Nearest frequency peer: socialement (-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 « soupir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « soupir » 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).

soupir vs sour
67% similar
soupir vs super
67% similar
soupir vs subir
67% similar

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

Key facts for soupir
PropertyValue
Headwordsoupir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\su.piʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,068
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « soupir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).soupirse 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 « socialement » (#13,067), « Stewart » (#13,069), « substitution » (#13,070). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soupir » est au #13,068. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around soupir (IPA \su.piʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,068 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for soupir, with forms such as "osupir", "sopuir", and "souipr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sour", "super", "subir", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is soupir, spelled S-O-U-P-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Expiration prolongée et souvent audible qu’on laisse échapper sous l’influence d’une émotion, d’un sentiment, tels que la tristesse, la surprise, le soulagement, l’exaspération, la déception ou d’une souffrance.
  2. 2
    Signe qui marque l’endroit où l’on doit observer un silence équivalent à une noire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À mesure qu’il approchait de ses antagonistes, des craquements, des soupirs et des han ! l’aidaient à se diriger.
  2. Il secoua la tête, jeta un soupir puis essuya son front avec le revers de sa manche de chemise : […].

This word in other languages

sigh(English)Seufzer(Deutsch)suspiro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osupir
  • sopuir
  • souipr
  • soupirr
  • souppir
  • soupri
  • ssoupir
  • suopir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osupir2sopuir2souipr2soupirr1souppir1soupri2ssoupir1suopir2
Edit distance from "soupir"

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 "soupir"?
"soupir" is spelled S-O-U-P-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \su.piʁ\.
What does "soupir" mean?
As a noun, "soupir" means: Expiration prolongée et souvent audible qu’on laisse échapper sous l’influence d’une émotion, d’un sentiment, tels que la tristesse, la surprise, le soulagement, l’exaspération, la déception ou d’u...
What words are commonly confused with "soupir"?
"soupir" is commonly confused with "sour", "super", "subir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "soupir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soupir" is \su.piʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soupir" come from?
"soupir" 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 "soupir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

servis#13,062serein#13,061trouva#13,082échoue#13,092

Similar misspelling depth

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

quotas8 variantsépopée8 variantsaffilée8 variantspourris8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list