sourd

\suʁ\

/\suʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“sourd” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,411. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,411
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont l’acuité auditive est diminuée de façon importante ou totale, en parlant d’une personne ou d'un animal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sourd · sourd · French

sourd · rank #10,411 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,411
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sourcils

Nearest frequency peer: sourcils (-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 « sourd »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sourd » 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).

sourd vs sur
60% similar
sourd vs sud
60% similar
sourd vs sous
60% similar

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

Key facts for sourd
PropertyValue
Headwordsourd
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\suʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,411
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sourd »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sourdse 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 « sourcils » (#10,410), « ste » (#10,412), « soul » (#10,409). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sourd » est au #10,411. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around sourd (IPA \suʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,411 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sourd, with forms such as "osurd", "sorud", and "soudr". 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, "sur", "sud", "sous", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is sourd, spelled S-O-U-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dont l’acuité auditive est diminuée de façon importante ou totale, en parlant d’une personne ou d'un animal.
  2. 2
    Qui ne tient pas compte de ce qu'on lui dit, qui refuse de comprendre.
  3. 3
    Qui est peu sonore, qui rend un son étouffé.
  4. 4
    Se dit d’un son du langage qui ne fait pas vibrer les cordes vocales.
  5. 5
    Qui est peu sensible, qui se perçoit peu.
  6. 6
    Qualifie les tons qui manquent d’éclat.
  7. 7
    Se dit de certaines choses qui se font secrètement, sans bruit, sans éclat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’était une très vieille chanson lorraine, qu’on chante aux portes des épousées : « Broute, broute, la mariée est sourde. »
  2. Elle s’y installait dès juillet, sous la garde d’une sœur aînée de son père, tante Clara, vieille fille sourde qui aimait aussi cette solitude parce qu’elle n’y voyait pas, disait-elle, les lèvres des autres remuer et qu’elle savait qu’on n’y pouvait rien entendre que le vent dans les pins.

Antonyms

entendantsonorevoisé

This word in other languages

deaf(English)sordo(Español)taub(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osurd
  • sorud
  • soudr
  • sourdd
  • sourrd
  • ssourd
  • suord

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osurd2sorud2soudr2sourdd1sourrd1ssourd1suord2
Edit distance from "sourd"

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 "sourd"?
"sourd" is spelled S-O-U-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \suʁ\.
What does "sourd" mean?
As an adjective, "sourd" means: Dont l’acuité auditive est diminuée de façon importante ou totale, en parlant d’une personne ou d'un animal.
What words are commonly confused with "sourd"?
"sourd" is commonly confused with "sur", "sud", "sous". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sourd"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sourd" is \suʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sourd" come from?
"sourd" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

toits#10,420ruban#10,400rompu#10,398égaux#10,428

Similar misspelling depth

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

Rémy7 variantsrabat7 variantsobéir7 variantsbarreau7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list