subis

\sy.bi\

/\sy.bi\/ verb

The verdict

“subis” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,747. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,747
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de subir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-subis · subis · French

subis · rank #16,747 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,747
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH string

Nearest frequency peer: string (-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 « subis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « subis » 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).

subis vs sus
60% similar
subis vs suis
80% similar
subis vs suit
60% similar

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

Key facts for subis
PropertyValue
Headwordsubis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sy.bi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,747
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « subis »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).subisse 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 « string » (#16,746), « substituer » (#16,748), « stadium » (#16,745). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « subis » est au #16,747. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around subis (IPA \sy.bi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,747 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for subis, with forms such as "sbuis", "ssubis", and "subbis". 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, "sus", "suis", "suit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 subis, spelled S-U-B-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de subir.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de subir.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du passé simple de subir.
  4. 4
    Deuxième personne du singulier du passé simple de subir.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de subir.
  6. 6
    Masculin pluriel du participe passé de subir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tabitha Chawinga, l’attaquante malawite du PSG, doit sa place chez les pros à sa persévérance face aux coups et aux humiliations qu’elle a subis

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sbuis
  • ssubis
  • subbis
  • subiss
  • subsi
  • suibs
  • usbis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sbuis2ssubis1subbis1subiss1subsi2suibs2usbis2
Edit distance from "subis"

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 "subis"?
"subis" is spelled S-U-B-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.bi\.
What does "subis" mean?
As a verb, "subis" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de subir.
What words are commonly confused with "subis"?
"subis" is commonly confused with "sus", "suis", "suit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "subis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "subis" is \sy.bi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "subis" come from?
"subis" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "subis", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list