soustraction

\sus.tʁak.sjɔ̃\

/\sus.tʁak.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“soustraction” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,026. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,026
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de soustraire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soustraction · soustraction · French

soustraction · rank #40,026 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,026
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sousa

Nearest frequency peer: Sousa (-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 « soustraction »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « soustraction » 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
Key facts for soustraction
PropertyValue
Headwordsoustraction
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sus.tʁak.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#40,026
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « soustraction »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).soustractionse 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 « Sousa » (#40,025), « soy » (#40,027), « sourdine » (#40,024). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soustraction » est au #40,026. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around soustraction (IPA \sus.tʁak.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,026 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Action de soustraire.
  2. 2
    Opération par laquelle on retranche un nombre d’un autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Soustraction d’effets.
  2. Accusé, convaincu de soustraction de papiers.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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.

osustraction2sosutraction2sousrtaction2sousstraction1soustarction2soustracction1soustraciton2soustractino2
Edit distance from "soustraction"

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 "soustraction"?
"soustraction" is spelled S-O-U-S-T-R-A-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sus.tʁak.sjɔ̃\.
What does "soustraction" mean?
As a noun, "soustraction" means: Action de soustraire.
What are common misspellings of "soustraction"?
Common misspellings include "osustraction", "sosutraction", "sousrtaction", "sousstraction", "soustarction". The correct spelling is "soustraction".
How do you pronounce "soustraction"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soustraction" is \sus.tʁak.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soustraction" come from?
"soustraction" 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 "soustraction", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list