soustraction
\sus.tʁak.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“soustraction” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #40,026 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,026
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de soustraire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | soustraction |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sus.tʁak.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #40,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “soustraction” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for soustraction is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sus.tʁak.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,026 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for soustraction, with forms such as "osustraction", "sosutraction", and "sousrtaction". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is soustraction, spelled S-O-U-S-T-R-A-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de soustraire.
- 2Opération par laquelle on retranche un nombre d’un autre.
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: osustraction,sosutraction,sousrtaction,sousstraction,soustarction,soustracction,soustraciton,soustractino,soustractionn,soustractoin,soustracttion,soustratcion,soustrcation,soustrraction,sousttraction,soutsraction,ssoustraction,suostraction
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of soustraction - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “soustraction”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-O-U-S-T-R-A-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sus.tʁak.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.