Sully

\sy.li\

/\sy.li\/ name

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The verdict

“Sully” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,692
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune située dans le département du Calvados, en France.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sully · Sully · French

Sully · rank #19,692 · 6 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,692
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH strike

Nearest frequency peer: strike (-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 « Sully »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Sully » 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).

Sully vs Suzy
60% similar
Sully vs Sylla
60% similar
Sully vs sunny
40% similar

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

Key facts for Sully
PropertyValue
HeadwordSully
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sy.li\
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,692
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Sully »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Sullyse 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 « strike » (#19,691), « superficiel » (#19,693), « Starbucks » (#19,690). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Sully » est au #19,692. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Sully (IPA \sy.li\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,692 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sully, with forms such as "sluly", "ssully", and "sullyy". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Suzy", "Sylla", "sunny", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Sully, spelled S-U-L-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune située dans le département du Calvados, en France.
  2. 2
    Commune située dans le département de l’Oise, en France.
  3. 3
    Commune située dans la Saône-et-Loire, en France.
  4. 4
    Sully-sur-Loire.
  5. 5
    Ancien nom de la commune de Djebairia en Algérie.
  6. 6
    Désigne Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully, un ministre de Henri IV.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. SULLY, (Géog. mod.) ou Sully sur Loire, petite ville de France dans le Gatinois sur la Loire, à 8 lieues au-dessus d’Orléans, avec titre de duché-pairie érigé en 1606 en faveur de la maison de Béthune. Il y a une collégiale dédiée à St. Ythier, & le duc de Sully nomme aux bénéfices du chapitre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sluly
  • ssully
  • sullyy
  • suly
  • sulyl
  • uslly

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sluly2ssully1sullyy1suly1sulyl2uslly2
Edit distance from "Sully"

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 "Sully"?
"Sully" is spelled S-U-L-L-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.li\.
What does "Sully" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sully" means: Commune située dans le département du Calvados, en France.
What words are commonly confused with "Sully"?
"Sully" is commonly confused with "Suzy", "Sylla", "sunny". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sully"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sully" is \sy.li\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sully" come from?
"Sully" 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 "Sully", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list