stupéfait

\sty.pe.fɛ\

/\sty.pe.fɛ\/ adj

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The verdict

“stupéfait” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,821. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,821
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que la surprise rend comme interdit et immobile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stupefait · stupéfait · French

stupéfait · rank #30,821 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #30,821
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH SQL

Nearest frequency peer: SQL (-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 « stupéfait »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « stupéfait » 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).

stupéfait vs stupéfiant
80% similar

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

Key facts for stupéfait
PropertyValue
Headwordstupéfait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sty.pe.fɛ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#30,821
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « stupéfait »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.stupéfaitse 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 « SQL » (#30,820), « stéroïdes » (#30,822), « spécification » (#30,819). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stupéfait » est au #30,821. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around stupéfait (IPA \sty.pe.fɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,821 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Que la surprise rend comme interdit et immobile.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for stupéfait, with forms such as "sstupéfait", "stpuéfait", and "sttupéfait". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "stupéfiant", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is stupéfait, spelled S-T-U-P-É-F-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que la surprise rend comme interdit et immobile.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les yeux grands ouverts, stupéfaite, elle le regardait...

This word in other languages

stunned(English)pasmado(Español)perplex(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sstupéfait
  • stpuéfait
  • sttupéfait
  • stupefait
  • stupféait
  • stuppéfait
  • stupéafit
  • stupéfaitt
  • stupéfati
  • stupéffait
  • stupéfiat
  • stuépfait
  • sutpéfait
  • tsupéfait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sstupéfait1stpuéfait2sttupéfait1stupefait1stupféait2stuppéfait1stupéafit2stupéfaitt1
Edit distance from "stupéfait"

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 "stupéfait"?
"stupéfait" is spelled S-T-U-P-É-F-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sty.pe.fɛ\.
What does "stupéfait" mean?
As an adjective, "stupéfait" means: Que la surprise rend comme interdit et immobile.
What words are commonly confused with "stupéfait"?
"stupéfait" is commonly confused with "stupéfiant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stupéfait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stupéfait" is \sty.pe.fɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stupéfait" come from?
"stupéfait" 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 "stupéfait", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

stéroïdes#30,822suscitant#30,829tailleurs#30,834saxophone#30,801

Similar misspelling depth

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

Salzbourg14 variantsrepensant14 variantséditoriaux14 variantsévidences14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list