subtile
\syp.til\
The verdict
“subtile” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,159. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,159
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de subtil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-subtile · subtile · French
subtile · rank #14,159 · 10 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,159
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH strip
Nearest frequency peer: strip (-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 « subtile »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- sorciers
sorciers
85,845 corpus weight
- sourds
sourds
85,844 corpus weight
- strip
strip
85,843 corpus weight
- subtile
subtile
85,842 corpus weight
- suffisantes
suffisantes
85,841 corpus weight
- supprimée
supprimée
85,840 corpus weight
What this shows « subtile » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subtile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \syp.til\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,159 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « subtile »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around subtile (IPA \syp.til\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,159 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de subtil.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for subtile, with forms such as "sbutile", "ssubtile", and "subbtile". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "subtils", "subtiles", "subtilité", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is subtile, spelled S-U-B-T-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de subtil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how subtile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rô, qui faisait de la chair des pauvres gens qu’elle surprenait chaque jour, de coutumières ripailles, n’était pas seulement une redoutable ennemie, mais, douée par surcroît d’une subtile intelligence et d’une perversion inexplicable, elle savait tendre aux riverains de la côte, pièges et trébuchets, afin qu’y tombassent les imprudents égarés loin du bour…
L’alliance est subtile et laisse place alors à une terrine de foie gras de canard au monbazillac, cuite à basse température, pour conclure sur d’onctueuses notes sucrées et parfumées de baies roses.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sbutile
- ssubtile
- subbtile
- subitle
- subtiel
- subtille
- subtlie
- subttile
- sutbile
- usbtile
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of subtile - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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 (10 here; floor ≥5).