suave
\sɥav\
The verdict
“suave” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,765. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,765
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est d’une douceur agréable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-suave · suave · French
suave · rank #34,765 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,765
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH stérilité
Nearest frequency peer: stérilité (-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 “suave”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- stratégique…
stratégiquement
65,239 corpus weight
- structurés
structurés
65,238 corpus weight
- stérilité
stérilité
65,237 corpus weight
- suave
suave
65,236 corpus weight
- submergée
submergée
65,235 corpus weight
- sudiste
sudiste
65,234 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “suave” 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 | suave |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɥav\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #34,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “suave” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around suave (IPA \sɥav\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,765 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est d’une douceur agréable.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for suave, with forms such as "ssuave", "suaev", and "suavve". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SUV", "sure", "sucé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is suave, spelled S-U-A-V-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est d’une douceur agréable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how suave appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Toujours il croyait entendre résonner à son oreille les notes suaves et mélodieuses de la voix de la jeune fille, quelque effort qu’il fit pour oublier ; […].
Les tons suaves de sa voix, et la douceur de sa réponse, éveillèrent dans l’auditoire un sentiment de pitié et de sympathie.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ssuave
- suaev
- suavve
- suvae
- usave
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suave - 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 September 3, 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 "suave", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "suave". Here's where to go from here.
- "suave" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "SUV". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #34,765 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.