suspect
French, noun/sys.pɛ/
suspect is spelled S-U-S-P-E-C-T (7 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suspect is a French masculine noun meaning “a suspect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne suspecte”.
What does suspect mean in English?
adjective
- 1
suspicious; suspect
noun
- 1
masculinea suspect
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui peut être soupçonné, qui prête au soupçon ; il se dit des personnes et des choses. 2. Méfiant.
noun: 1. Personne suspecte.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of suspect
- suspecte feminine
- suspects masculine plural
- suspectes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suspect?
- /sys.pɛ/
- \sys.pɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to suspect
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suspect in French?
suspect appears 17 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).