supplice
\sy.plis\
The verdict
“supplice” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,178. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,178
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peine corporelle ordonnée par un tribunal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-supplice · supplice · French
supplice · rank #21,178 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,178
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Sunday
Nearest frequency peer: Sunday (-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 « supplice »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Stuttgart
Stuttgart
78,826 corpus weight
- substantiel…
substantielle
78,825 corpus weight
- Sunday
Sunday
78,824 corpus weight
- supplice
supplice
78,823 corpus weight
- suture
suture
78,822 corpus weight
- Suzuki
Suzuki
78,821 corpus weight
What this shows « supplice » 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 | supplice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sy.plis\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « supplice »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around supplice (IPA \sy.plis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,178 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for supplice, with forms such as "spuplice", "ssupplice", and "suplice". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "supplié", "supprimé", "supplier", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 supplice, spelled S-U-P-P-L-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Peine corporelle ordonnée par un tribunal.
- 2Souffrances cruelles infligées aux vaincus, à des prisonniers de guerre, à des opposants.
- 3Douleur physique ou souffrance morale prolongée.
- 4Peine, affliction ou inquiétude qui persiste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how supplice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans les premiers âges historiques, on ne voit pas seulement les maîtres frapper et fouetter leurs esclaves ; les rois eux-mêmes administrent le supplice de la bastonnade.
Une autre voiture à deux roues, […], était là aussi un peu à l’écart. Cette voiture était destinée, […], à recevoir le corps après le supplice et à le porter au cimetière.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- spuplice
- ssupplice
- suplice
- suplpice
- suppilce
- supplcie
- supplicce
- suppliec
- suppllice
- uspplice
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of supplice - 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.
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 "supplice"?
What does "supplice" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "supplice"?
How do you pronounce "supplice"?
What language does "supplice" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "supplice", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).