Sudbury

Name: Sudbury, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\sœd.bə.ʁi\

/\sœd.bə.ʁi\/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Sudbury” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,057. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,057
frequency rank, French: 394,209
“S” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville d’Angleterre située dans le district de Babergh, au Suffolk, jumelée avec Clermont de l’Oise, en Picardie.

Key facts for Sudbury
Property	Value
Headword	Sudbury
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	\sœd.bə.ʁi\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#39,057
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Sudbury” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Sudbury lands here:

#39,057

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Sudbury (IPA \sœd.bə.ʁi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #39,057 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sudbury, with forms such as "sdubury", "ssudbury", and "subdury". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Sudbury, spelled S-U-D-B-U-R-Y.

Definition

1
Ville d’Angleterre située dans le district de Babergh, au Suffolk, jumelée avec Clermont de l’Oise, en Picardie.
2
Paroisse civile et village d’Angleterre située dans le district de Derbyshire Dales, comté Derbyshire, région des Midlands de l’Est.
3
Quartier de Londres en Angleterre, situé dans le district de Brent.
4
Ancien nom de Sedbury, village du district de la Forest of Dean, comté de Gloucestershire, région de l’Angleterre du Sud-Ouest. Le nom a changé au début du XIXᵉ siècle.
5
Ville ontarienne, fusionnée avec ses banlieues en 2001 pour devenir Greater Sudbury.
6
Circonscription électorale fédérale de l’Ontario.
7
Circonscription électorale provinciale de l’Ontario.
8
Ville du Massachusetts, aux États-Unis.
9
Ville du Vermont, aux États-Unis.

This word in other languages

Sudbury(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sdubury,ssudbury,subdury,sudbbury,sudbruy,sudburry,sudburyy,sudbuyr,suddbury,sudubry,usdbury

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "Sudbury"

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 "Sudbury"?

"Sudbury" is spelled S-U-D-B-U-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \sœd.bə.ʁi\.

What does "Sudbury" mean?

As a proper noun, "Sudbury" means: Ville d’Angleterre située dans le district de Babergh, au Suffolk, jumelée avec Clermont de l’Oise, en Picardie.

What are common misspellings of "Sudbury"?

Common misspellings include "sdubury", "ssudbury", "subdury", "sudbbury", "sudbruy". The correct spelling is "Sudbury".

How do you pronounce "Sudbury"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sudbury" is \sœd.bə.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Sudbury" come from?

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Using “Sudbury”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is S-U-D-B-U-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \sœd.bə.ʁi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.