superficies
\sy.pɛʁ.fi.si\
The verdict
“superficies” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,810. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,810
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de superficie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-superficies · superficies · French
superficies · rank #48,810 · 16 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,810
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH suffiraient
Nearest frequency peer: suffiraient (-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 « superficies »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- strat
strat
51,194 corpus weight
- suffiraient
suffiraient
51,192 corpus weight
- superficies
superficies
51,191 corpus weight
- supposait
supposait
51,190 corpus weight
- surmenage
surmenage
51,189 corpus weight
- sédation
sédation
51,187 corpus weight
What this shows « superficies » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | superficies |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sy.pɛʁ.fi.si\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #48,810 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « superficies »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around superficies (IPA \sy.pɛʁ.fi.si\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,810 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de superficie.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for superficies, with forms such as "spuerficies", "ssuperficies", and "sueprficies". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "superficie", "superficiel", "superficiels", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is superficies, spelled S-U-P-E-R-F-I-C-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de superficie.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- spuerficies
- ssuperficies
- sueprficies
- supefricies
- superfciies
- superfficies
- superficcies
- superficeis
- superficiess
- superficise
- superfiices
- superifcies
- superrficies
- supperficies
- supreficies
- usperficies
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of superficies - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "superficies", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).