Sullivan

\sy.li.va\

/\sy.li.va\/ name

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The verdict

“Sullivan” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,076. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,076
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille anglophone.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sullivan · Sullivan · French

Sullivan · rank #18,076 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,076
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH subtilité

Nearest frequency peer: subtilité (-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 « Sullivan »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Sullivan » 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
Key facts for Sullivan
PropertyValue
HeadwordSullivan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sy.li.va\
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,076
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Sullivan »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Sullivanse 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 « subtilité » (#18,075), « suppléant » (#18,077), « subjective » (#18,074). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Sullivan » est au #18,076. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Sullivan (IPA \sy.li.va\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #18,076 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille anglophone.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sullivan, with forms such as "slulivan", "ssullivan", and "sulilvan". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Sullivan, spelled S-U-L-L-I-V-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille anglophone.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le conseiller à la sécurité nationale du président américain, Jake Sullivan, a rencontré le chef de la diplomatie chinoise, Wang Yi, mercredi et jeudi à Vienne, a indiqué la Maison-Blanche, jeudi.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • slulivan
  • ssullivan
  • sulilvan
  • sulivan
  • sulliavn
  • sullivann
  • sullivna
  • sullivvan
  • sullvian
  • usllivan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

slulivan2ssullivan1sulilvan2sulivan1sulliavn2sullivann1sullivna2sullivvan1
Edit distance from "Sullivan"

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 "Sullivan"?
"Sullivan" is spelled S-U-L-L-I-V-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.li.va\.
What does "Sullivan" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sullivan" means: Nom de famille anglophone.
What are common misspellings of "Sullivan"?
Common misspellings include "slulivan", "ssullivan", "sulilvan", "sulivan", "sulliavn". The correct spelling is "Sullivan".
How do you pronounce "Sullivan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sullivan" is \sy.li.va\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sullivan" come from?
"Sullivan" 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 "Sullivan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

voudrez10 variantségoïsme10 variantsroyauté10 variantséveiller10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list