surdité

\syʁ.di.te\

/\syʁ.di.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“surdité” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,557. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,557
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perte ou diminution notable du sens de l’ouïe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-surdite · surdité · French

surdité · rank #29,557 · 11 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,557
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH succédant

Nearest frequency peer: succédant (-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 « surdité »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « surdité » 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).

surdité vs survie
57% similar
surdité vs sûreté
57% similar
surdité vs survit
71% similar

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

Key facts for surdité
PropertyValue
Headwordsurdité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\syʁ.di.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,557
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « surdité »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).surditése 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 « succédant » (#29,556), « sécrétion » (#29,558), « subway » (#29,555). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « surdité » est au #29,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around surdité (IPA \syʁ.di.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,557 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Perte ou diminution notable du sens de l’ouïe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for surdité, with forms such as "srudité", "ssurdité", and "sudrité". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "survie", "sûreté", "survit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is surdité, spelled S-U-R-D-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Perte ou diminution notable du sens de l’ouïe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est atteint de surdité depuis sa naissance, ce qui a provoqué son mutisme : qui n’entend pas ne peut que difficilement apprendre à parler.
  2. Sa surdité augmente : ses proches doivent lui parler de plus en plus fort pour qu’il les entende.

This word in other languages

deafness(English)sordera(Español)Taubheit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srudité
  • ssurdité
  • sudrité
  • surddité
  • surdite
  • surditté
  • surdiét
  • surdtié
  • suridté
  • surrdité
  • usrdité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

srudité2ssurdité1sudrité2surddité1surdite1surditté1surdiét2surdtié2
Edit distance from "surdité"

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 "surdité"?
"surdité" is spelled S-U-R-D-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \syʁ.di.te\.
What does "surdité" mean?
As a noun, "surdité" means: Perte ou diminution notable du sens de l’ouïe.
What words are commonly confused with "surdité"?
"surdité" is commonly confused with "survie", "sûreté", "survit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "surdité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "surdité" is \syʁ.di.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "surdité" come from?
"surdité" 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 "surdité", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tlemcen#29,568tolérée#29,571torsion#29,572sauvant#29,536

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

versent11 variantsrecueillie11 variantsénoncer11 variantsraffinage11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list