suspense
\sys.pɑ̃s\
The verdict
“suspense” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,075. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,075
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Censure par laquelle un ecclésiastique est déclaré suspens.
Corpus desk
Index FR-suspense · suspense · French
suspense · rank #13,075 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,075
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH supportent
Nearest frequency peer: supportent (-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 « suspense »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- succèdent
succèdent
86,930 corpus weight
- supportent
supportent
86,927 corpus weight
- suspense
suspense
86,926 corpus weight
- syndical
syndical
86,925 corpus weight
- sémantique
sémantique
86,924 corpus weight
- tais
tais
86,923 corpus weight
What this shows « suspense » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | suspense |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sys.pɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,075 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « suspense »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around suspense (IPA \sys.pɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,075 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for suspense, with forms such as "ssupense", "ssuspense", and "supsense". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "suspensif", "suspens", "suspend", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is suspense, spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-S-E.
Definition
- 1Censure par laquelle un ecclésiastique est déclaré suspens.
- 2État où un ecclésiastique est mis par cette censure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how suspense appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un prêtre qui a encouru la suspense.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ssupense
- ssuspense
- supsense
- susepnse
- suspenes
- suspennse
- suspensse
- suspesne
- suspnese
- susppense
- susspense
- usspense
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suspense - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "suspense", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).