souscrire

\sus.kʁiʁ\

/\sus.kʁiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“souscrire” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #15,766 in French word frequency and used as a verb.

#15,766
frequency rank, French
9
letters
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Écrire son nom au bas d’un acte pour l’approuver.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

souscrire vs souscrit
78% similar
souscrire vs souscrits
78% similar
souscrire vs souscrite
89% similar

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

Key facts for souscrire
PropertyValue
Headwordsouscrire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sus.kʁiʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,766
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “souscrire” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). souscrire lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for souscrire is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sus.kʁiʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,766 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for souscrire, with forms such as "osuscrire", "sosucrire", and "soucsrire". 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, "souscrit", "souscrits", "souscrite", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is souscrire, spelled S-O-U-S-C-R-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Écrire son nom au bas d’un acte pour l’approuver.
  2. 2
    S’engager à fournir une certaine somme pour quelque entreprise, pour quelque dépense, pour quelque œuvre de bienfaisance.
  3. 3
    S’engager à prendre une certaine partie d’un emprunt public.
  4. 4
    En termes de librairie, s’engager à prendre, moyennant un prix convenu, un ou plusieurs exemplaires d’un livre, d’un ouvrage qui doit être publié.
  5. 5
    Consentir ou approuver ce qu’un autre dit.

This word in other languages

subscribe(English)zustimmen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osuscrire,sosucrire,soucsrire,sousccrire,souscirre,souscrier,souscrirre,souscrrie,souscrrire,sousrcire,sousscrire,ssouscrire,suoscrire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of souscrire - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

osuscrire2sosucrire2soucsrire2sousccrire1souscirre2souscrier2souscrirre1souscrrie2
Edit distance from "souscrire"

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 "souscrire"?
"souscrire" is spelled S-O-U-S-C-R-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sus.kʁiʁ\.
What does "souscrire" mean?
As a verb, "souscrire" means: Écrire son nom au bas d’un acte pour l’approuver.
What words are commonly confused with "souscrire"?
"souscrire" is commonly confused with "souscrit", "souscrits", "souscrite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "souscrire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "souscrire" is \sus.kʁiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "souscrire" come from?
"souscrire" 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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Using “souscrire”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-O-U-S-C-R-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sus.kʁiʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “souscrit” - see the side-by-side comparison. souscrire vs souscrit
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list