souvenirs

\suv.niʁ\

/\suv.niʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“souvenirs” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,200. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,200
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-souvenirs · souvenirs · French

souvenirs · rank #2,200 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,200
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sentiments

Nearest frequency peer: sentiments (-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 « souvenirs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « souvenirs » 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).

souvenirs vs souvenons
78% similar
souvenirs vs souvenir
89% similar
souvenirs vs soutenir
78% similar

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

Key facts for souvenirs
PropertyValue
Headwordsouvenirs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\suv.niʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,200
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « souvenirs »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).souvenirsse 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 « sentiments » (#2,199), « tradition » (#2,201), « réflexion » (#2,198). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « souvenirs » est au #2,200. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around souvenirs (IPA \suv.niʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,200 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de souvenir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for souvenirs, with forms such as "osuvenirs", "souevnirs", and "souveinrs". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "souvenons", "souvenir", "soutenir", and more, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is souvenirs, spelled S-O-U-V-E-N-I-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de souvenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais tandis qu’à Moscou je ne voyais se lever d’autres souvenirs historiques que de conquête napoléonienne, vain effort suivi tout aussitôt de désastre, à Leningrad maints édifices me rappellent ce qu’ont pu avoir de plus cordial et de plus fécondant les relations intellectuelles entre la Russie et la France.
  2. Toujours servi par son étoile, il entre le premier en Alsace, fait la campagne de Salonique, survit à l’épidémie d’entérite qui nettoie sa formation, rapporte Lectures pour une ombre où il trouve moyen de gongoriser avec une grâce raffinée et parfois profonde (c’est l’un de ses meilleurs livres), sur ses horribles souvenirs de fantassin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osuvenirs
  • souevnirs
  • souveinrs
  • souvenirrs
  • souvenirss
  • souvenisr
  • souvennirs
  • souvenris
  • souvneirs
  • souvvenirs
  • sovuenirs
  • ssouvenirs
  • suovenirs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osuvenirs2souevnirs2souveinrs2souvenirrs1souvenirss1souvenisr2souvennirs1souvenris2
Edit distance from "souvenirs"

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 "souvenirs"?
"souvenirs" is spelled S-O-U-V-E-N-I-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \suv.niʁ\.
What does "souvenirs" mean?
As a noun, "souvenirs" means: Pluriel de souvenir.
What words are commonly confused with "souvenirs"?
"souvenirs" is commonly confused with "souvenons", "souvenir", "soutenir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "souvenirs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "souvenirs" is \suv.niʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "souvenirs" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tradition#2,201réflexion#2,198décisions#2,221individus#2,228

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

apparemment13 variantslesquelles13 variantsfonctionne13 variantsinitiative13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list