subi

\sy.bi\

/\sy.bi\/ verb

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The verdict

“subi” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,024. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,024
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de subir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-subi · subi · French

subi · rank #4,024 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,024
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sorties

Nearest frequency peer: sorties (-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 « subi »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « subi » 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).

subi vs sur
50% similar
subi vs sud
50% similar
subi vs sun
50% similar

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

Key facts for subi
PropertyValue
Headwordsubi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sy.bi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,024
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « subi »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.subise 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 « sorties » (#4,023), « sénateur » (#4,025), « solaire » (#4,022). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « subi » est au #4,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around subi (IPA \sy.bi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,024 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de subir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for subi, with forms such as "sbui", "ssubi", and "subbi". 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, "sur", "sud", "sun", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is subi, spelled S-U-B-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de subir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ainsi le territoire s’est-il trouvé plus fortement « radialisé », les axes lourds ont-ils été renforcés et les régions les moins développées ont-elles subi une sorte d’enclavement relatif supplémentaire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sbui
  • ssubi
  • subbi
  • suib
  • usbi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sbui2ssubi1subbi1suib2usbi2
Edit distance from "subi"

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 "subi"?
"subi" is spelled S-U-B-I. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.bi\.
What does "subi" mean?
As a verb, "subi" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de subir.
What words are commonly confused with "subi"?
"subi" is commonly confused with "sur", "sud", "sun". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "subi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "subi" is \sy.bi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "subi" come from?
"subi" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

ailes5 variantssage5 variantsjette5 variantsissus5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list