souriants

\su.ʁjɑ̃\

/\su.ʁjɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“souriants” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,015. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,015
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de souriant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-souriants · souriants · French

souriants · rank #41,015 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,015
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH souffrira

Nearest frequency peer: souffrira (-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 « souriants »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « souriants » 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).

souriants vs sourient
78% similar
souriants vs souriant
89% similar
souriants vs sortants
78% similar

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

Key facts for souriants
PropertyValue
Headwordsouriants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\su.ʁjɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#41,015
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « souriants »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.souriantsse 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 « souffrira » (#41,014), « souviendront » (#41,016), « sosa » (#41,013). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « souriants » est au #41,015. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around souriants (IPA \su.ʁjɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,015 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de souriant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for souriants, with forms such as "osuriants", "soruiants", and "souirants". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "sourient", "souriant", "sortants", and more, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is souriants, spelled S-O-U-R-I-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de souriant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osuriants
  • soruiants
  • souirants
  • souraints
  • souriannts
  • sourianst
  • souriantss
  • souriantts
  • souriatns
  • sourinats
  • sourriants
  • ssouriants
  • suoriants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osuriants2soruiants2souirants2souraints2souriannts1sourianst2souriantss1souriantts1
Edit distance from "souriants"

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 "souriants"?
"souriants" is spelled S-O-U-R-I-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \su.ʁjɑ̃\.
What does "souriants" mean?
As an adjective, "souriants" means: Masculin pluriel de souriant.
What words are commonly confused with "souriants"?
"souriants" is commonly confused with "sourient", "souriant", "sortants". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "souriants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "souriants" is \su.ʁjɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "souriants" come from?
"souriants" 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 "souriants", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

souffrira#41,014solennité#41,011slovaques#41,010suicident#41,026

Similar misspelling depth

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

taekwondo13 variantsteintures13 variantsréévaluer13 variantstorchons13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list