subtils

/\syp.til\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,979

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

subtils is anFrenchadj. It means: Masculin pluriel de subtil. Pronounced \syp.til\. Often confused with subis and subtil.

Key facts for subtils
PropertyValue
Headwordsubtils
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\syp.til\
Letters7
Frequency rank#27,979
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for subtils is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \syp.til\. Corpus data places it at rank #27,979 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Masculin pluriel de subtil.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for subtils, with forms such as "sbutils", "ssubtils", and "subbtils". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "subis", "subtil", "subies", and more, 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 subtils, spelled S-U-B-T-I-L-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de subtil.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sbutils,ssubtils,subbtils,subitls,subtills,subtilss,subtisl,subtlis,subttils,sutbils,usbtils

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for subtils

Misspelling Variants of "subtils"

sbutils7ssubtils8subbtils8subitls7subtills8subtilss8subtisl7subtlis7
Misspelling Variants of "subtils"

Frequency rank: #27,979 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "subtils"?
"subtils" is spelled S-U-B-T-I-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is \syp.til\.
What does "subtils" mean?
As an adj, "subtils" means: Masculin pluriel de subtil.
What words are commonly confused with "subtils"?
"subtils" is commonly confused with "subis", "subtil", "subies". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "subtils"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "subtils" is \syp.til\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "subtils" come from?
"subtils" 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.