survivor

noun

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The verdict

“survivor” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,084. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,084
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-survivor · survivor · French

survivor · rank #37,084 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,084
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH surveillait

Nearest frequency peer: surveillait (-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 « survivor »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « survivor » 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).

survivor vs survivre
75% similar
survivor vs survivra
75% similar
survivor vs survive
75% similar

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

Key facts for survivor
PropertyValue
Headwordsurvivor
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,084
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « survivor »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.survivorse 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 « surveillait » (#37,083), « survêtement » (#37,085), « surconsommation » (#37,082). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « survivor » est au #37,084. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around survivor, anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,084 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for survivor, with forms such as "sruvivor", "ssurvivor", and "surivvor". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "survivre", "survivra", "survive", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is survivor, spelled S-U-R-V-I-V-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Survivant.
  2. 2
    Rescapé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The last will and testament says that the survivors will inherit the remaining estate.
  2. Were there any survivors from the accident?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sruvivor
  • ssurvivor
  • surivvor
  • surrvivor
  • surviovr
  • survivorr
  • survivro
  • survivvor
  • survvior
  • survvivor
  • suvrivor
  • usrvivor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sruvivor2ssurvivor1surivvor2surrvivor1surviovr2survivorr1survivro2survivvor1
Edit distance from "survivor"

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 "survivor"?
"survivor" is spelled S-U-R-V-I-V-O-R.
What does "survivor" mean?
As a noun, "survivor" means: Survivant.
What words are commonly confused with "survivor"?
"survivor" is commonly confused with "survivre", "survivra", "survive". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "survivor" come from?
"survivor" 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 "survivor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

suscitée#37,086sourient#37,073thinking#37,095traitons#37,098

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

soignées12 variantstricheur12 variantsscarabée12 variantstripoter12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list