suer

\sɥe\

/\sɥe\/ verb

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The verdict

“suer” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #28,765) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#28,765
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Transpirer, rendre de la sueur par les pores de la peau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suer · suer · French

suer · rank #28,765 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,765
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH substantiel

Nearest frequency peer: substantiel (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « suer »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « suer » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

suer vs sur
75% similar
suer vs sun
50% similar
suer vs sup
50% similar

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

Key facts for suer
PropertyValue
Headwordsuer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sɥe\
Letters4
Frequency rank#28,765
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « suer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).suerse 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 « substantiel » (#28,764), « subordonnés » (#28,763), « surgelés » (#28,767). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « suer » est au #28,765. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for suer is neighbouring look-alikes ("sur", "sun", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced \sɥe\. Frequency #28,765 among 6,032 “S” headwords. 6 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for suer, with forms such as "seur", "ssuer", and "suerr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sur", "sun", "sup", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is suer, spelled S-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Transpirer, rendre de la sueur par les pores de la peau.
  2. 2
    Travailler beaucoup, se donner beaucoup de peine pour venir à bout de quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Faire sortir de l’humidité ou un autre liquide.
  4. 4
    Cuire doucement jusqu’à ce que perlent les premières gouttes de jus, dans l’expression « faire suer ».
  5. 5
    Exhaler tout affectation de toute sa personne.
  6. 6
    Faire chier, dans l’expression « faire suer » qui signifie fatiguer, embêter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Suant et soufflant, pantalons et tuniques déchirés, mains écorchées, ses deux poursuivants arrivèrent enfin au hameau .
  2. À 17 h 45, comme on le lui a commandé, vêtu en pingouin (de location, frais remboursés) et suant à grands seaux dans cette tenue discutable pour une fin d'après-midi affichant encore 24° à l'ombre, il fait les cent pas dans le hall du Martinez.

Synonyms

suintertranspirer

This word in other languages

sweat(English)sudar(Español)schwitzen(Deutsch)transpirar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • seur
  • ssuer
  • suerr

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

seur2ssuer1suerr1
Edit distance from "suer"

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 "suer"?
"suer" is spelled S-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sɥe\.
What does "suer" mean?
As a verb, "suer" means: Transpirer, rendre de la sueur par les pores de la peau.
What words are commonly confused with "suer"?
"suer" is commonly confused with "sur", "sun", "sup". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suer" is \sɥe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suer" come from?
"suer" 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 "suer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sono#28,751skip#28,749usés#28,783Yaya#28,796

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list