substantiel

\syp.stɑ̃.sjɛl\

/\syp.stɑ̃.sjɛl\/ adj

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The verdict

“substantiel” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,764. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,764
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est succulent, nourrissant, rempli de substance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-substantiel · substantiel · French

substantiel · rank #28,764 · 17 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,764
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH subordonnés

Nearest frequency peer: subordonnés (-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 « substantiel »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « substantiel » 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).

substantiel vs substantif
82% similar
substantiel vs substantiels
92% similar
substantiel vs substantielle
85% similar

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

Key facts for substantiel
PropertyValue
Headwordsubstantiel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\syp.stɑ̃.sjɛl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#28,764
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « substantiel »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).substantielse 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 « subordonnés » (#28,763), « suer » (#28,765), « subjonctif » (#28,762). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « substantiel » est au #28,764. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around substantiel (IPA \syp.stɑ̃.sjɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,764 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for substantiel, with forms such as "sbustantiel", "ssubstantiel", and "subbstantiel". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "substantif", "substantiels", "substantielle", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is substantiel, spelled S-U-B-S-T-A-N-T-I-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est succulent, nourrissant, rempli de substance.
  2. 2
    Important, volumineux, considérable.
  3. 3
    Qui en fait le corps, la substance, l’essentiel, en parlant des ouvrages de l’esprit.
  4. 4
    Qui est inhérent à la substance, forme qui détermine l’essence de chaque être.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il faut pour ce convalescent des aliments plus substantiels.
  2. Une nourriture substantielle.

This word in other languages

substantial(English)erheblich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sbustantiel
  • ssubstantiel
  • subbstantiel
  • subsatntiel
  • subsstantiel
  • substanitel
  • substanntiel
  • substanteil
  • substantiell
  • substantile
  • substanttiel
  • substatniel
  • substnatiel
  • substtantiel
  • subtsantiel
  • susbtantiel
  • usbstantiel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sbustantiel2ssubstantiel1subbstantiel1subsatntiel2subsstantiel1substanitel2substanntiel1substanteil2
Edit distance from "substantiel"

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 "substantiel"?
"substantiel" is spelled S-U-B-S-T-A-N-T-I-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \syp.stɑ̃.sjɛl\.
What does "substantiel" mean?
As an adjective, "substantiel" means: Qui est succulent, nourrissant, rempli de substance.
What words are commonly confused with "substantiel"?
"substantiel" is commonly confused with "substantif", "substantiels", "substantielle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "substantiel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "substantiel" is \syp.stɑ̃.sjɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "substantiel" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

subordonnés#28,763surréalisme#28,768souveraines#28,755transfusion#28,777

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

surréalistes17 variantstrouveraient17 variantsphénoménale17 variantspatrimoniaux17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list