subject

adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,033

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

subject is anFrenchadj. It means: Sujet. Often confused with sujet and suspect.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of subject in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for subject is 7 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #40,033 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sujet.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for subject, with forms such as "sbuject", "ssubject", and "subbject". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sujet", "suspect", "subjectif", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is subject, spelled S-U-B-J-E-C-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sujet.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sbuject,ssubject,subbject,subejct,subjcet,subjecct,subjectt,subjetc,subjject,sujbect,usbject

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for subject

Misspelling Variants of "subject"

sbuject7ssubject8subbject8subejct7subjcet7subjecct8subjectt8subjetc7
Misspelling Variants of "subject"

Frequency rank: #40,033 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "subject"?
"subject" is spelled S-U-B-J-E-C-T.
What does "subject" mean?
As an adj, "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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.