susceptible

\sy.sɛp.tibl\

/\sy.sɛp.tibl\/ adj

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The verdict

“susceptible” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,505. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,505
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est capable de recevoir certaines qualités, certaines impressions, certaines modifications.

Corpus desk

Index FR-susceptible · susceptible · French

susceptible · rank #5,505 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,505
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH surprenant

Nearest frequency peer: surprenant (-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 « susceptible »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « susceptible » 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).

susceptible vs susceptibles
92% similar

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

Key facts for susceptible
PropertyValue
Headwordsusceptible
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sy.sɛp.tibl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#5,505
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « susceptible »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).susceptiblese 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 « surprenant » (#5,504), « that » (#5,506), « suisses » (#5,503). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « susceptible » est au #5,505. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around susceptible (IPA \sy.sɛp.tibl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,505 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for susceptible, with forms such as "ssuceptible", "ssusceptible", and "sucseptible". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "susceptibles", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is susceptible, spelled S-U-S-C-E-P-T-I-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est capable de recevoir certaines qualités, certaines impressions, certaines modifications.
  2. 2
    Qui est facile à blesser, à froisser, qui s’offense aisément, en parlant de personnes.
  3. 3
    Se dit d’un cheval de trot qui, par tempérament ou par humeur, court le risque de se montrer fautif en se mettant au galop.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un moulin à vent se compose essentiellement d’un arbre porté sur un petit bâtiment en bois, qui est susceptible de tourner autour d’un fort pivot vertical, et qui peut par conséquent être orienté convenablement.
  2. L’administration romaine était extrêmement dure pour tout homme qui lui semblait susceptible de troubler la tranquillité publique.

Antonyms

insusceptible

This word in other languages

susceptible(English)sensible(Español)fähig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ssuceptible
  • ssusceptible
  • sucseptible
  • suscceptible
  • suscepitble
  • suscepptible
  • susceptbile
  • susceptibble
  • susceptibel
  • susceptiblle
  • susceptilbe
  • suscepttible
  • suscetpible
  • suscpetible
  • susecptible
  • sussceptible
  • ussceptible

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ssuceptible2ssusceptible1sucseptible2suscceptible1suscepitble2suscepptible1susceptbile2susceptibble1
Edit distance from "susceptible"

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 "susceptible"?
"susceptible" is spelled S-U-S-C-E-P-T-I-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.sɛp.tibl\.
What does "susceptible" mean?
As an adjective, "susceptible" means: Qui est capable de recevoir certaines qualités, certaines impressions, certaines modifications.
What words are commonly confused with "susceptible"?
"susceptible" is commonly confused with "susceptibles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "susceptible"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "susceptible" is \sy.sɛp.tibl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "susceptible" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "susceptible", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

transmettre#5,508travaillant#5,510accusations#5,518gendarmerie#5,457

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

colonisation17 variantsengagements17 variantsenthousiasme17 variantssensibilité17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list