subject

adj

The verdict

“subject” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,033. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,033
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sujet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-subject · subject · French

subject · rank #40,033 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,033
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stud

Nearest frequency peer: stud (-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 « subject »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « subject » 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).

subject vs sujet
71% similar
subject vs suspect
71% similar
subject vs subjectif
78% similar

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

Key facts for subject
PropertyValue
Headwordsubject
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,033
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « subject »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).subjectse 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 « stud » (#40,032), « substitué » (#40,034), « sticker » (#40,031). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « subject » est au #40,033. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around subject, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,033 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sujet.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for subject, with forms such as "sbuject", "ssubject", and "subbject". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sujet", "suspect", "subjectif", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is subject, spelled S-U-B-J-E-C-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sujet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cela luy a donné subiect de le remettre au iour pour ſeruir à l’inſtruction de pluſieurs perſonnes amateurs des langues.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sbuject
  • ssubject
  • subbject
  • subejct
  • subjcet
  • subjecct
  • subjectt
  • subjetc
  • subjject
  • sujbect
  • usbject

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sbuject2ssubject1subbject1subejct2subjcet2subjecct1subjectt1subjetc2
Edit distance from "subject"

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 "subject"?
"subject" is spelled S-U-B-J-E-C-T.
What does "subject" mean?
As an adjective, "subject" means: Sujet.
What words are commonly confused with "subject"?
"subject" is commonly confused with "sujet", "suspect", "subjectif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "subject" come from?
"subject" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list