suffixe

\sy.fiks\

/\sy.fiks\/ noun

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The verdict

“suffixe” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,384. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,384
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Affixe ajouté à la fin d’un mot.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suffixe · suffixe · French

suffixe · rank #30,384 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,384
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sunderland

Nearest frequency peer: Sunderland (+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 « suffixe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « suffixe » 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).

suffixe vs suffi
71% similar
suffixe vs suffira
71% similar
suffixe vs suffire
86% similar

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

Key facts for suffixe
PropertyValue
Headwordsuffixe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sy.fiks\
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,384
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « suffixe »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.suffixese 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 « Sunderland » (#30,385), « subordonnée » (#30,382), « superposition » (#30,386). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « suffixe » est au #30,384. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around suffixe (IPA \sy.fiks\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,384 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for suffixe, with forms such as "sfufixe", "ssuffixe", and "suffiex". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "suffi", "suffira", "suffire", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct French form is suffixe, spelled S-U-F-F-I-X-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Affixe ajouté à la fin d’un mot.
  2. 2
    Affixe ajouté à la fin d’un mot.
  3. 3
    Affixe ajouté à la fin d’un mot.
  4. 4
    Affixe ajouté à la fin d’un mot.
  5. 5
    Affixe ajouté à la fin d’un mot.
  6. 6
    Extension d’une donnée pour la qualifier, la compléter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le suffixe diminutif -ot change le sens du mot : frère donne un autre nom, frérot.
  2. Le nom de chaque diastase est construit de la façon suivante. Il comprend un radical désignant le corps hydrolysé par la diastase, et le suffixe -ase.

Synonyms

finaleflexionterminaison

Antonyms

préfixe

This word in other languages

suffix(English)sufijo(Español)Suffix(Deutsch)sufixo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sfufixe
  • ssuffixe
  • suffiex
  • suffixxe
  • suffxie
  • sufifxe
  • sufixe
  • usffixe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suffixe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

sfufixe2ssuffixe1suffiex2suffixxe1suffxie2sufifxe2sufixe1usffixe2
Edit distance from "suffixe"

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 "suffixe"?
"suffixe" is spelled S-U-F-F-I-X-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.fiks\.
What does "suffixe" mean?
As a noun, "suffixe" means: Affixe ajouté à la fin d’un mot.
What words are commonly confused with "suffixe"?
"suffixe" is commonly confused with "suffi", "suffira", "suffire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suffixe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suffixe" is \sy.fiks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suffixe" come from?
"suffixe" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sévices#30,392skieurs#30,375servais#30,367Schuman#30,364

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Subaru8 variantsSoyouz8 variantsskins8 variantstordue8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list