souviennent

\su.vjɛn\

/\su.vjɛn\/ verb

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The verdict

“souviennent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,327. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,327
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de souvenir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-souviennent · souviennent · French

souviennent · rank #18,327 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,327
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH souterrains

Nearest frequency peer: souterrains (-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 « souviennent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « souviennent » 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).

souviennent vs surviennent
82% similar
souviennent vs souvienne
82% similar
souviennent vs soutiennent
91% similar

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

Key facts for souviennent
PropertyValue
Headwordsouviennent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\su.vjɛn\
Letters11
Frequency rank#18,327
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « souviennent »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « souterrains » (#18,326), « stark » (#18,328), « souterraines » (#18,325). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « souviennent » est au #18,327. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around souviennent (IPA \su.vjɛn\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,327 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 souviennent, with forms such as "osuviennent", "souivennent", and "souveinnent". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "surviennent", "souvienne", "soutiennent", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is souviennent, spelled S-O-U-V-I-E-N-N-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de souvenir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de souvenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Quarante ans après, les deux Mévennais d’adoption se souviennent.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osuviennent
  • souivennent
  • souveinnent
  • souvienennt
  • souvienent
  • souviennennt
  • souviennentt
  • souviennetn
  • souviennnet
  • souvinenent
  • souvviennent
  • sovuiennent
  • ssouviennent
  • suoviennent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osuviennent2souivennent2souveinnent2souvienennt2souvienent1souviennennt1souviennentt1souviennetn2
Edit distance from "souviennent"

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 "souviennent"?
"souviennent" is spelled S-O-U-V-I-E-N-N-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \su.vjɛn\.
What does "souviennent" mean?
As a verb, "souviennent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de souvenir.
What words are commonly confused with "souviennent"?
"souviennent" is commonly confused with "surviennent", "souvienne", "soutiennent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "souviennent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "souviennent" is \su.vjɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "souviennent" come from?
"souviennent" 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 "souviennent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

souterrains#18,326scénaristes#18,318périodiques#18,295ajustements#18,386

Similar misspelling depth

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

sylvestre14 variantssélective14 variantstraitants14 variantsrectangle14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list