soutènement
\su.tɛn.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“soutènement” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,156. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,156
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Appui ; soutien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-soutenement · soutènement · French
soutènement · rank #43,156 · 17 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,156
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 394,209
- PHOTO-FINISH sophismes
Nearest frequency peer: sophismes (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “soutènement”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- smooth
smooth
56,848 corpus weight
- sodomiser
sodomiser
56,847 corpus weight
- sophismes
sophismes
56,846 corpus weight
- soutènement
soutènement
56,845 corpus weight
- splendeurs
splendeurs
56,844 corpus weight
- sportivement
sportivement
56,843 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “soutènement” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | soutènement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \su.tɛn.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #43,156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “soutènement” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around soutènement (IPA \su.tɛn.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,156 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Appui ; soutien.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for soutènement, with forms such as "osutènement", "sotuènement", and "soutenement". 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, "soulèvement", "soutenaient", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is soutènement, spelled S-O-U-T-È-N-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Appui ; soutien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how soutènement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un autre tronçon bétonneux, aussi massif, a été mis à jour, en février 1918, à 40 ᵐ 00 au Sud du pont d' « El Kantara », dans les fouilles pour la construction d'un mur de soutènement du nouveau square ; […].
L’enthousiasme de cet enfant paraît si sincère que je me garde de lui faire remarquer que ce mur de soutènement, trop hâtivement dressé, déjà se fissure.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osutènement
- sotuènement
- soutenement
- soutnèement
- souttènement
- soutèenment
- soutèneemnt
- soutènemennt
- soutènementt
- soutènemetn
- soutènemment
- soutènemnet
- soutènmeent
- soutènnement
- souètnement
- ssoutènement
- suotènement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of soutènement - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "soutènement", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
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.