stupeur

\sty.pœʁ\

/\sty.pœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“stupeur” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,822. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,822
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trouble organique et mental, caractérisé par la suspension complète de toute activité mentale et extérieure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stupeur · stupeur · French

stupeur · rank #25,822 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,822
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH strange

Nearest frequency peer: strange (-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 « stupeur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « stupeur » 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).

stupeur vs super
71% similar
stupeur vs sueur
71% similar
stupeur vs suceur
71% similar

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

Key facts for stupeur
PropertyValue
Headwordstupeur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sty.pœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,822
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « stupeur »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.stupeurse 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 « strange » (#25,821), « stupéfiant » (#25,823), « stick » (#25,820). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stupeur » est au #25,822. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around stupeur (IPA \sty.pœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,822 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for stupeur, with forms such as "sstupeur", "stpueur", and "sttupeur". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "super", "sueur", "suceur", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is stupeur, spelled S-T-U-P-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Trouble organique et mental, caractérisé par la suspension complète de toute activité mentale et extérieure.
  2. 2
    État causé par un étonnement profond dans lequel les facultés intellectuelles semblent paralysées ; sidération.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un petit froid empêche le sommeil chez les gens qui se mettent au lit en tremblant, un grand froid prolongé frappe d’engourdissement et de stupeur ceux qu’il saisit en plein air. Ce fut là notre cas.
  2. Ces sortes de réveils étaient marquées par un cri aigu et par la projection des membres, tantôt d’un côté, tantôt d’un autre, et les premiers jours par une loquacité semi-délirante qui n’inquiétait pas moins que la stupeur.

Synonyms

paralysie

This word in other languages

stupor(English)estupor(Español)Bestürzung(Deutsch)estupor(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sstupeur
  • stpueur
  • sttupeur
  • stuepur
  • stuperu
  • stupeurr
  • stuppeur
  • stupuer
  • sutpeur
  • tsupeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sstupeur1stpueur2sttupeur1stuepur2stuperu2stupeurr1stuppeur1stupuer2
Edit distance from "stupeur"

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 "stupeur"?
"stupeur" is spelled S-T-U-P-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sty.pœʁ\.
What does "stupeur" mean?
As a noun, "stupeur" means: Trouble organique et mental, caractérisé par la suspension complète de toute activité mentale et extérieure.
What words are commonly confused with "stupeur"?
"stupeur" is commonly confused with "super", "sueur", "suceur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stupeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stupeur" is \sty.pœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stupeur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

strange#25,821Stefano#25,818sucette#25,826séduite#25,830

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

semelles10 variantsrecensé10 variantsPrussien10 variantsacolyte10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list