suspecter

\sys.pɛk.te\

/\sys.pɛk.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“suspecter” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,638. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,638
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soupçonner ; tenir pour suspect.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suspecter · suspecter · French

suspecter · rank #42,638 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,638
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH suprêmes

Nearest frequency peer: suprêmes (-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 « suspecter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « suspecter » 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).

suspecter vs suspects
78% similar
suspecter vs suspectés
78% similar
suspecter vs suspect
78% similar

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

Key facts for suspecter
PropertyValue
Headwordsuspecter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sys.pɛk.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#42,638
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « suspecter »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).suspecterse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « suprêmes » (#42,637), « Sussex » (#42,639), « supportez » (#42,636). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « suspecter » est au #42,638. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around suspecter (IPA \sys.pɛk.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,638 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Soupçonner ; tenir pour suspect.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for suspecter, with forms such as "ssupecter", "ssuspecter", and "supsecter". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "suspects", "suspectés", "suspect", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is suspecter, spelled S-U-S-P-E-C-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soupçonner ; tenir pour suspect.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et ce qu'il y alors de plus déprimant, c'est qu'on n'a même pas la ressource de leur en vouloir, de suspecter leur bonne foi, qui continue à rester entière.
  2. La voiture commettant l'erreur de s'arrêter à un passage piéton sera à juste titre klaxonnée et son conducteur immédiatement suspecté de provincialité ou de sénilité.

This word in other languages

suspect(English)sospechar(Español)argwöhnen(Deutsch)suspeitar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ssupecter
  • ssuspecter
  • supsecter
  • susepcter
  • suspceter
  • suspeccter
  • suspecetr
  • suspecterr
  • suspectre
  • suspectter
  • suspetcer
  • susppecter
  • susspecter
  • usspecter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ssupecter2ssuspecter1supsecter2susepcter2suspceter2suspeccter1suspecetr2suspecterr1
Edit distance from "suspecter"

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 "suspecter"?
"suspecter" is spelled S-U-S-P-E-C-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sys.pɛk.te\.
What does "suspecter" mean?
As a verb, "suspecter" means: Soupçonner ; tenir pour suspect.
What words are commonly confused with "suspecter"?
"suspecter" is commonly confused with "suspects", "suspectés", "suspect". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suspecter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suspecter" is \sys.pɛk.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suspecter" come from?
"suspecter" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

supportez#42,636tassement#42,646soufflent#42,626somaliens#42,624

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

spoliation14 variantsservirent14 variantssentiront14 variantssecouriste14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list