suffi

\sy.fi\

/\sy.fi\/ verb

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The verdict

“suffi” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,260. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,260
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de suffire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suffi · suffi · French

suffi · rank #12,260 · 5 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,260
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH suggérer

Nearest frequency peer: suggérer (+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 « suffi »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « suffi » 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).

suffi vs surf
60% similar
suffi vs suivi
60% similar
suffi vs Sushi
40% similar

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

Key facts for suffi
PropertyValue
Headwordsuffi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sy.fi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,260
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « suffi »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.suffise place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « suggérer » (#12,261), « soupçonné » (#12,258), « suédoise » (#12,262). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « suffi » est au #12,260. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around suffi (IPA \sy.fi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,260 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de suffire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for suffi, with forms such as "sfufi", "ssuffi", and "sufi". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "surf", "suivi", "Sushi", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is suffi, spelled S-U-F-F-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de suffire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et si de brillantes victoires suffisaient pour le rendre grand, glorieux, honoré, d’éclatantes défaites auraient donc suffi pour le désagrandir, le déglorifier, le déshonorer !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sfufi
  • ssuffi
  • sufi
  • sufif
  • usffi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sfufi2ssuffi1sufi1sufif2usffi2
Edit distance from "suffi"

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 "suffi"?
"suffi" is spelled S-U-F-F-I. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.fi\.
What does "suffi" mean?
As a verb, "suffi" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de suffire.
What words are commonly confused with "suffi"?
"suffi" is commonly confused with "surf", "suivi", "Sushi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suffi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suffi" is \sy.fi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suffi" come from?
"suffi" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

réélu#12,250rétro#12,249raser#12,233prose#12,225

Similar misspelling depth

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

rita5 variantsanus5 variantsmalo5 variantslola5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list