summer

\ˈsʌm.ɚ\

/\ˈsʌm.ɚ\/ noun

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The verdict

“summer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,869. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,869
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Été (saison).

Corpus desk

Index FR-summer · summer · French

summer · rank #12,869 · 7 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,869
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH syndicales

Nearest frequency peer: syndicales (+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 « summer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « summer » 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).

summer vs super
67% similar
summer vs surfer
67% similar
summer vs summum
67% similar

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

Key facts for summer
PropertyValue
Headwordsummer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈsʌm.ɚ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,869
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « summer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.summerse 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 « syndicales » (#12,870), « souches » (#12,867), « sélectionner » (#12,871). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « summer » est au #12,869. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around summer (IPA \ˈsʌm.ɚ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,869 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Été (saison).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for summer, with forms such as "smumer", "ssummer", and "sumemr". 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. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "super", "surfer", "summum", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is summer, spelled S-U-M-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Été (saison).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. In the summer I often leave home early in the morning, and roam about fields and lanes all day, or even escape for days or weeks together; (The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • smumer
  • ssummer
  • sumemr
  • sumer
  • summerr
  • summre
  • usmmer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of summer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

smumer2ssummer1sumemr2sumer1summerr1summre2usmmer2
Edit distance from "summer"

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 "summer"?
"summer" is spelled S-U-M-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈsʌm.ɚ\.
What does "summer" mean?
As a noun, "summer" means: Été (saison).
What words are commonly confused with "summer"?
"summer" is commonly confused with "super", "surfer", "summum". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "summer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "summer" is \ˈsʌm.ɚ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "summer" come from?
"summer" 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 "summer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sirène#12,866tardif#12,874tenais#12,875tinder#12,876

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Séoul7 variantssemer7 variantsvotée7 variantsRafael7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list