substitut

\syp.sti.ty\

/\syp.sti.ty\/ noun

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The verdict

“substitut” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,488. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,488
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui tient la place d’un autre, qui exerce les fonctions d’un autre, en cas d’absence ou d’empêchement légitime.

Corpus desk

Index FR-substitut · substitut · French

substitut · rank #16,488 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,488
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stupéfiants

Nearest frequency peer: stupéfiants (-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 « substitut »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « substitut » 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).

substitut vs substituts
90% similar
substitut vs substitué
89% similar
substitut vs substituer
80% similar

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

Key facts for substitut
PropertyValue
Headwordsubstitut
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\syp.sti.ty\
Letters9
Frequency rank#16,488
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « substitut »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).substitutse 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 « stupéfiants » (#16,487), « suicidaire » (#16,489), « stands » (#16,486). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « substitut » est au #16,488. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around substitut (IPA \syp.sti.ty\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,488 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for substitut, with forms such as "sbustitut", "ssubstitut", and "subbstitut". 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, "substituts", "substitué", "substituer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 substitut, spelled S-U-B-S-T-I-T-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui tient la place d’un autre, qui exerce les fonctions d’un autre, en cas d’absence ou d’empêchement légitime.
  2. 2
    Magistrat chargé de remplacer au parquet le procureur général, le procureur de la République.
  3. 3
    Ce qui tient lieu d’autre chose, qui remplace.
  4. 4
    Mère porteuse.
  5. 5
    Signe avec lequel on peut faire diverses opérations intellectuelles sans avoir besoin de penser à la réalité signifiée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il l’a nommé son substitut.
  2. À dix heures, deux autos descendaient la pente légère qui aboutit au château. L’une, vénérable calèche, contenait le substitut du procureur et le juge d’instruction accompagné de son greffier.

Synonyms

succédané

This word in other languages

substitute(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sbustitut
  • ssubstitut
  • subbstitut
  • subsittut
  • subsstitut
  • substittu
  • substittut
  • substitutt
  • substiutt
  • substtitut
  • substtiut
  • subtsitut
  • susbtitut
  • usbstitut

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sbustitut2ssubstitut1subbstitut1subsittut2subsstitut1substittu2substittut1substitutt1
Edit distance from "substitut"

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 "substitut"?
"substitut" is spelled S-U-B-S-T-I-T-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is \syp.sti.ty\.
What does "substitut" mean?
As a noun, "substitut" means: Celui qui tient la place d’un autre, qui exerce les fonctions d’un autre, en cas d’absence ou d’empêchement légitime.
What words are commonly confused with "substitut"?
"substitut" is commonly confused with "substituts", "substitué", "substituer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "substitut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "substitut" is \syp.sti.ty\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "substitut" come from?
"substitut" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

sanctionné14 variantsultérieure14 variantsvignobles14 variantsretrouvait14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list