suppression

\sy.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃\

/\sy.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“suppression” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,646. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,646
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de supprimer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suppression · suppression · French

suppression · rank #3,646 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,646
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH suivez

Nearest frequency peer: suivez (-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 « suppression »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « suppression » 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).

suppression vs suppressions
92% similar

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

Key facts for suppression
PropertyValue
Headwordsuppression
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sy.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#3,646
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « suppression »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.suppressionse 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 « suivez » (#3,645), « tournage » (#3,647), « soutenu » (#3,644). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « suppression » est au #3,646. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around suppression (IPA \sy.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,646 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for suppression, with forms such as "spupression", "ssuppression", and "supperssion". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "suppressions", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 suppression, spelled S-U-P-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de supprimer.
  2. 2
    Suppression de part ou d’enfant, crime de celui ou celle qui fait disparaître les traces de la naissance d’un enfant, ou qui ôte la connaissance de son existence et de son état.
  3. 3
    Suppression d’état, crime qui consiste à supprimer les preuves de l’état civil d’une personne.
  4. 4
    Suspension d’une évacuation accoutumée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Celui-ci promettait naturellement à ses électeurs, comme don de joyeux avènement, la séparation de l’Église et de l’État, l’instruction laïque et la suppression du budget des cultes.
  2. L’emploi de moulures a le grand avantage de permettre la suppression absolue des clous cavaliers ordinairement employés pour fixer les fils.

This word in other languages

deletion(English)Abbau(Deutsch)supressão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • spupression
  • ssuppression
  • supperssion
  • suppresion
  • suppresison
  • suppressino
  • suppressionn
  • suppressoin
  • supprression
  • supprsesion
  • supression
  • suprpession
  • usppression

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suppression - 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.

spupression2ssuppression1supperssion2suppresion1suppresison2suppressino2suppressionn1suppressoin2
Edit distance from "suppression"

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 "suppression"?
"suppression" is spelled S-U-P-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃\.
What does "suppression" mean?
As a noun, "suppression" means: Action de supprimer.
What words are commonly confused with "suppression"?
"suppression" is commonly confused with "suppressions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suppression"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suppression" is \sy.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suppression" come from?
"suppression" 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 "suppression", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

transformer#3,648alimentaire#3,657générations#3,681instruments#3,685

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

voyageurs13 variantscommuniste13 variantsdoucement13 variantsexplosion13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list