suspend

\sys.pɑ̃\

/\sys.pɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“suspend” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,884. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,884
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de suspendre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suspend · suspend · French

suspend · rank #18,884 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,884
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH subjectif

Nearest frequency peer: subjectif (-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 « suspend »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « suspend » 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).

suspend vs suspens
86% similar
suspend vs suspendu
88% similar
suspend vs suspense
75% similar

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

Key facts for suspend
PropertyValue
Headwordsuspend
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sys.pɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,884
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « suspend »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « subjectif » (#18,883), « swift » (#18,885), « syndicalistes » (#18,886). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « suspend » est au #18,884. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around suspend (IPA \sys.pɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,884 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de suspendre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for suspend, with forms such as "ssupend", "ssuspend", and "supsend". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "suspens", "suspendu", "suspense", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is suspend, spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de suspendre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ssupend
  • ssuspend
  • supsend
  • susepnd
  • suspedn
  • suspendd
  • suspennd
  • suspned
  • susppend
  • susspend
  • usspend

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ssupend2ssuspend1supsend2susepnd2suspedn2suspendd1suspennd1suspned2
Edit distance from "suspend"

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 "suspend"?
"suspend" is spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \sys.pɑ̃\.
What does "suspend" mean?
As a verb, "suspend" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de suspendre.
What words are commonly confused with "suspend"?
"suspend" is commonly confused with "suspens", "suspendu", "suspense". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suspend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suspend" is \sys.pɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suspend" come from?
"suspend" 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 "suspend", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

systems#18,887trailer#18,894vaincus#18,901réactif#18,866

Similar misspelling depth

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

walking11 variantséclairs11 variantspédales11 variantsalchimie11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list