suspens

\sys.pɑ̃\

/\sys.pɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“suspens” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,273. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,273
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qu’on a suspendu de ses fonctions, en parlant d’un ecclésiastique suspendu des fonctions de son état.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suspens · suspens · French

suspens · rank #13,273 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,273
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH symptôme

Nearest frequency peer: symptôme (+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 « suspens »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « suspens » 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).

suspens vs suspense
88% similar
suspens vs suspensif
78% similar
suspens vs supers
71% similar

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

Key facts for suspens
PropertyValue
Headwordsuspens
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sys.pɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,273
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « suspens »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.suspensse 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 « symptôme » (#13,274), « supervision » (#13,271), « tempérament » (#13,275). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « suspens » est au #13,273. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around suspens (IPA \sys.pɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,273 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qu’on a suspendu de ses fonctions, en parlant d’un ecclésiastique suspendu des fonctions de son état.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for suspens, with forms such as "ssupens", "ssuspens", and "supsens". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "suspense", "suspensif", "supers", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 suspens, spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qu’on a suspendu de ses fonctions, en parlant d’un ecclésiastique suspendu des fonctions de son état.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un prêtre suspens, déclaré suspens.
  2. Il est suspens de fait et de droit.

This word in other languages

pending(English)suspenso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ssupens
  • ssuspens
  • supsens
  • susepns
  • suspenns
  • suspenss
  • suspesn
  • suspnes
  • susppens
  • susspens
  • usspens

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ssupens2ssuspens1supsens2susepns2suspenns1suspenss1suspesn2suspnes2
Edit distance from "suspens"

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 "suspens"?
"suspens" is spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sys.pɑ̃\.
What does "suspens" mean?
As an adjective, "suspens" means: Qu’on a suspendu de ses fonctions, en parlant d’un ecclésiastique suspendu des fonctions de son état.
What words are commonly confused with "suspens"?
"suspens" is commonly confused with "suspense", "suspensif", "supers". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suspens"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suspens" is \sys.pɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suspens" come from?
"suspens" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

Santiago11 variantsromaines11 variantsretirés11 variantsérotique11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list