soutenable

\sut.nabl\

/\sut.nabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“soutenable” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,289. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,289
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (En parlant d’une opinion, d’une proposition, d’une cause, d’une affaire) Qui peut se soutenir par de bonnes raisons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soutenable · soutenable · French

soutenable · rank #35,289 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #35,289
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH soustrait

Nearest frequency peer: soustrait (-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 « soutenable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « soutenable » 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).

soutenable vs soutenance
80% similar

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

Key facts for soutenable
PropertyValue
Headwordsoutenable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sut.nabl\
Letters10
Frequency rank#35,289
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « soutenable »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.soutenablese 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 « soustrait » (#35,288), « sow » (#35,290), « souffres » (#35,287). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soutenable » est au #35,289. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around soutenable (IPA \sut.nabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,289 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for soutenable, with forms such as "osutenable", "sotuenable", and "souetnable". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "soutenance", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is soutenable, spelled S-O-U-T-E-N-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    (En parlant d’une opinion, d’une proposition, d’une cause, d’une affaire) Qui peut se soutenir par de bonnes raisons.
  2. 2
    Qui peut se supporter.
  3. 3
    (En parlant d'un comportement, d'une technologie,) qui respecte l'environnement.
  4. 4
    Qui contribue à la soutenabilité par la prise en compte des dimensions sociales, économiques et environnementales du développement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette opinion, cette proposition, cette cause est soutenable, n’est pas soutenable.
  2. Il me vint à l’esprit, en une seconde, une vingtaine d’idées dont la plus soutenable fut que j’étais devenu fou.

Synonyms

durable

Antonyms

insoutenable

This word in other languages

tenable(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osutenable
  • sotuenable
  • souetnable
  • souteanble
  • soutenabble
  • soutenabel
  • soutenablle
  • soutenalbe
  • soutenbale
  • soutennable
  • soutneable
  • souttenable
  • ssoutenable
  • suotenable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osutenable2sotuenable2souetnable2souteanble2soutenabble1soutenabel2soutenablle1soutenalbe2
Edit distance from "soutenable"

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 "soutenable"?
"soutenable" is spelled S-O-U-T-E-N-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sut.nabl\.
What does "soutenable" mean?
As an adjective, "soutenable" means: (En parlant d’une opinion, d’une proposition, d’une cause, d’une affaire) Qui peut se soutenir par de bonnes raisons.
What words are commonly confused with "soutenable"?
"soutenable" is commonly confused with "soutenance". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "soutenable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soutenable" is \sut.nabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soutenable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Spartiates#35,291singuliers#35,276testaments#35,305requérants#35,251

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

temporels14 variantsviscérale14 variantsrelativise14 variantsépicentre14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list