soutenance

\sut.nɑ̃s\

/\sut.nɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“soutenance” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,022
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exposé oral de travaux de recherche devant un jury pour l'obtention d'un diplôme, par exemple un doctorat, un master ou une habilitation à diriger des recherches.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soutenance · soutenance · French

soutenance · rank #33,022 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,022
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH soumettent

Nearest frequency peer: soumettent (-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 « soutenance »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « soutenance » 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).

soutenance vs soutenant
80% similar
soutenance vs soutenable
80% similar

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

Key facts for soutenance
PropertyValue
Headwordsoutenance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sut.nɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#33,022
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « soutenance »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).soutenancese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « soumettent » (#33,021), « Spiderman » (#33,023), « spiegel » (#33,024). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soutenance » est au #33,022. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around soutenance (IPA \sut.nɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,022 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for soutenance, with forms such as "osutenance", "sotuenance", and "souetnance". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "soutenant", "soutenable", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is soutenance, spelled S-O-U-T-E-N-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Exposé oral de travaux de recherche devant un jury pour l'obtention d'un diplôme, par exemple un doctorat, un master ou une habilitation à diriger des recherches.
  2. 2
    Planche ayant une échancrure pour y coincer de la filasse et pour pouvoir l'espader, c'est à dire la battre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je ne manquerai pas d’assister à votre soutenance.
  2. Vous êtes cordialement invités à la soutenance publique de la thèse de Doctorat de Mr. X. La soutenance sera suivie d'un pot auquel vous êtes également conviés.

This word in other languages

Verteidigung(Deutsch)defesa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osutenance
  • sotuenance
  • souetnance
  • souteannce
  • soutenacne
  • soutenancce
  • soutenanec
  • soutenannce
  • soutennace
  • soutennance
  • soutneance
  • souttenance
  • ssoutenance
  • suotenance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osutenance2sotuenance2souetnance2souteannce2soutenacne2soutenancce1soutenanec2soutenannce1
Edit distance from "soutenance"

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 "soutenance"?
"soutenance" is spelled S-O-U-T-E-N-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sut.nɑ̃s\.
What does "soutenance" mean?
As a noun, "soutenance" means: Exposé oral de travaux de recherche devant un jury pour l'obtention d'un diplôme, par exemple un doctorat, un master ou une habilitation à diriger des recherches.
What words are commonly confused with "soutenance"?
"soutenance" is commonly confused with "soutenant", "soutenable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "soutenance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soutenance" is \sut.nɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soutenance" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

soumettent#33,021sécurisées#33,040saharienne#33,000réaffirmer#32,994

Similar misspelling depth

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

Spiderman14 variantssalubrité14 variantsTocqueville14 variantsturbulent14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list