substituer

\syps.ti.tɥe\

/\syps.ti.tɥe\/ verb

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The verdict

“substituer” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,748. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,748
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre une personne, une chose à la place d’une autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-substituer · substituer · French

substituer · rank #16,748 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,748
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH subis

Nearest frequency peer: subis (-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 « substituer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « substituer » 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).

substituer vs substitut
80% similar
substituer vs substituts
80% similar
substituer vs substitué
80% similar

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

Key facts for substituer
PropertyValue
Headwordsubstituer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\syps.ti.tɥe\
Letters10
Frequency rank#16,748
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « substituer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).substituerse 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 « subis » (#16,747), « symboliques » (#16,749), « string » (#16,746). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « substituer » est au #16,748. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around substituer (IPA \syps.ti.tɥe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,748 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for substituer, with forms such as "sbustituer", "ssubstituer", and "subbstituer". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "substitut", "substituts", "substitué", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 substituer, spelled S-U-B-S-T-I-T-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre une personne, une chose à la place d’une autre.
  2. 2
    Appeler quelqu’un à une succession après un autre héritier, ou à son défaut.
  3. 3
    Laisser des biens à quelqu’un par testament, pour qu’il en jouisse après le premier héritier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si dans le passé l’idéologie soviétique opposait l’U.R.S.S. aux nations capitalistes, Staline substitue désormais les solidarités anti-hitlériennes aux solidarités de classe.
  2. Les Barbares ne créèrent point de sociétés progressives ; ils étaient peu nom­breux et presque partout ils se substituèrent simplement aux anciens grands seigneurs, […].

Synonyms

remplacer

This word in other languages

replace(English)substituir(Español)ersetzen(Deutsch)substituir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sbustituer
  • ssubstituer
  • subbstituer
  • subsittuer
  • subsstituer
  • substiteur
  • substittuer
  • substituerr
  • substiture
  • substiuter
  • substtituer
  • substtiuer
  • subtsituer
  • susbtituer
  • usbstituer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of substituer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

sbustituer2ssubstituer1subbstituer1subsittuer2subsstituer1substiteur2substittuer1substituerr1
Edit distance from "substituer"

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 "substituer"?
"substituer" is spelled S-U-B-S-T-I-T-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \syps.ti.tɥe\.
What does "substituer" mean?
As a verb, "substituer" means: Mettre une personne, une chose à la place d’une autre.
What words are commonly confused with "substituer"?
"substituer" is commonly confused with "substitut", "substituts", "substitué". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "substituer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "substituer" is \syps.ti.tɥe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "substituer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

singulière#16,740transférés#16,757téléchargé#16,760télégramme#16,761

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

remplissage15 variantsrecommandée15 variantsprophètes15 variantsmédiocrité15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list