suspendre

\sys.pɑ̃dʁ\

/\sys.pɑ̃dʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“suspendre” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,793. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,793
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pendre quelqu'objet en l’air, l’attacher de telle sorte qu’il ne porte sur rien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suspendre · suspendre · French

suspendre · rank #10,793 · 14 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,793
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH supposée

Nearest frequency peer: supposée (-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 « suspendre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « suspendre » 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).

suspendre vs suspendu
78% similar
suspendre vs suspense
78% similar
suspendre vs suspendue
89% similar

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

Key facts for suspendre
PropertyValue
Headwordsuspendre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sys.pɑ̃dʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#10,793
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « suspendre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).suspendrese 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 « supposée » (#10,792), « sympas » (#10,794), « suicider » (#10,791). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « suspendre » est au #10,793. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around suspendre (IPA \sys.pɑ̃dʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,793 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for suspendre, with forms such as "ssupendre", "ssuspendre", and "supsendre". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "suspendu", "suspense", "suspendue", and more, 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is suspendre, spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-D-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pendre quelqu'objet en l’air, l’attacher de telle sorte qu’il ne porte sur rien.
  2. 2
    Surseoir, différer, cesser pour quelque temps.
  3. 3
    Interrompre, s’arrêter pour quelque temps.
  4. 4
    Attendre, pour porter son jugement, qu’on soit plus éclairé.
  5. 5
    Interrompre l’exercice de droits politiques ou civils pour quelque temps.
  6. 6
    Interrompre les fonctions d’un ecclésiastique, d’un magistrat, d’un officier, d’un agent quelconque, sans lui ôter son caractère.
  7. 7
    Exclure temporairement un élève.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les grandes cornes qui surmontent la tète du bouc, et la longue barbe qui est suspendue à son menton, lui donnent un air bizarre et équivoque : […].
  2. On récolte les échalotes lorsque les feuilles jaunissent ; on arrache les plants et on les laisse ressuyer deux ou trois jours sur le sol ; cela fait, on les monte au grenier où on les suspend en paquets.

This word in other languages

suspend(English)suspender(Español)aufhängen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ssupendre
  • ssuspendre
  • supsendre
  • susepndre
  • suspednre
  • suspenddre
  • suspender
  • suspendrre
  • suspenndre
  • suspenrde
  • suspnedre
  • susppendre
  • susspendre
  • usspendre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ssupendre2ssuspendre1supsendre2susepndre2suspednre2suspenddre1suspender2suspendrre1
Edit distance from "suspendre"

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 "suspendre"?
"suspendre" is spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sys.pɑ̃dʁ\.
What does "suspendre" mean?
As a verb, "suspendre" means: Pendre quelqu'objet en l’air, l’attacher de telle sorte qu’il ne porte sur rien.
What words are commonly confused with "suspendre"?
"suspendre" is commonly confused with "suspendu", "suspense", "suspendue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suspendre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suspendre" is \sys.pɑ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suspendre" come from?
"suspendre" 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 "suspendre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

splendide#10,788verticale#10,805agresseur#10,817percevoir#10,763

Similar misspelling depth

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

ouvertures14 variantsmétaphore14 variantscherchais14 variantscoéquipier14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list