sulfureux

\syl.fy.ʁø\

/\syl.fy.ʁø\/ adj

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The verdict

“sulfureux” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,980. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,980
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui tient de la nature du soufre, qui contient du soufre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sulfureux · sulfureux · French

sulfureux · rank #27,980 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #27,980
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH subtils

Nearest frequency peer: subtils (-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 « sulfureux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sulfureux » 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).

sulfureux vs sulfureuse
80% similar

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

Key facts for sulfureux
PropertyValue
Headwordsulfureux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\syl.fy.ʁø\
Letters9
Frequency rank#27,980
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sulfureux »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sulfureuxse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « subtils » (#27,979), « séculaire » (#27,983), « spermatozoïdes » (#27,976). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sulfureux » est au #27,980. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around sulfureux (IPA \syl.fy.ʁø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,980 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sulfureux, with forms such as "slufureux", "ssulfureux", and "suflureux". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sulfureuse", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sulfureux, spelled S-U-L-F-U-R-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui tient de la nature du soufre, qui contient du soufre.
  2. 2
    Qualifie l’un des composés acides du soufre et de l’oxygène (H₂SO₃, pour l'acide), dont l’odeur est piquante et qui se forme par la combustion du soufre dans l’air.
  3. 3
    Qui sent le soufre, qui est socialement réprouvé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. – Je me souviens de cette odeur d’œuf pourri. Elle m’a réveillée dans ma voiture fermée la première fois que j’ai traversé la région. Il y a par ici, d’après mon mari, quatre ou cinq villages qui ont des sources sulfureuses, dans lesquelles on se baigne.
  2. Vapeurs sulfureuses. — Eaux sulfureuses.

This word in other languages

schwefelhaltig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • slufureux
  • ssulfureux
  • suflureux
  • sulffureux
  • sulfrueux
  • sulfuerux
  • sulfureuxx
  • sulfurexu
  • sulfurreux
  • sulfuruex
  • sullfureux
  • sulufreux
  • uslfureux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

slufureux2ssulfureux1suflureux2sulffureux1sulfrueux2sulfuerux2sulfureuxx1sulfurexu2
Edit distance from "sulfureux"

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 "sulfureux"?
"sulfureux" is spelled S-U-L-F-U-R-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \syl.fy.ʁø\.
What does "sulfureux" mean?
As an adjective, "sulfureux" means: Qui tient de la nature du soufre, qui contient du soufre.
What words are commonly confused with "sulfureux"?
"sulfureux" is commonly confused with "sulfureuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sulfureux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sulfureux" is \syl.fy.ʁø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sulfureux" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

séculaire#27,983soucieuse#27,975sociétale#27,974signalées#27,969

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Thornton13 variantssentaient13 variantssainement13 variantstropicaux13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list