sumo

\sy.mo\

/\sy.mo\/ noun

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The verdict

“sumo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,896. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,896
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sport de lutte japonais, consistant à faire sortir l’adversaire hors d’un cercle marquant la zone de lutte ou à le faire tomber.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sumo · sumo · French

sumo · rank #45,896 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,896
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH suivrons

Nearest frequency peer: suivrons (-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 « sumo »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sumo » 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).

sumo vs sur
50% similar
sumo vs sun
50% similar
sumo vs sup
50% similar

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

Key facts for sumo
PropertyValue
Headwordsumo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sy.mo\
Letters4
Frequency rank#45,896
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sumo »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sumose 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 « suivrons » (#45,895), « studieux » (#45,894), « supervisée » (#45,898). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sumo » est au #45,896. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around sumo (IPA \sy.mo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,896 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sumo, with forms such as "smuo", "ssumo", and "summo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sur", "sun", "sup", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is sumo, spelled S-U-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sport de lutte japonais, consistant à faire sortir l’adversaire hors d’un cercle marquant la zone de lutte ou à le faire tomber.
  2. 2
    Sumotori.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La Russie est vouée à préparer la guerre parce qu’elle ne sait et ne peut rien faire d’autre. Il est absurde de se demander pourquoi un lutteur de sumo ne fait pas de tennis, pourquoi un champion de poids et haltères ne s’adonne pas au saut en hauteur.
  2. Près de 40 000 vidéos de l’INA (dont « Michel Serrault déguisé en sumo », photo) vont être ajoutées sur Dailymotion.

This word in other languages

sumo(English)sumo(Español)Sumo(Deutsch)sumô(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • smuo
  • ssumo
  • summo
  • suom
  • usmo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

smuo2ssumo1summo1suom2usmo2
Edit distance from "sumo"

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 "sumo"?
"sumo" is spelled S-U-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.mo\.
What does "sumo" mean?
As a noun, "sumo" means: Sport de lutte japonais, consistant à faire sortir l’adversaire hors d’un cercle marquant la zone de lutte ou à le faire tomber.
What words are commonly confused with "sumo"?
"sumo" is commonly confused with "sur", "sun", "sup". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sumo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sumo" is \sy.mo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sumo" come from?
"sumo" 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 "sumo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

surs#45,900teck#45,910tice#45,913velu#45,940

Similar misspelling depth

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

Waze5 variantsanya5 variantspopo5 variantsbrou5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list