suspensif

\sys.pɑ̃.sif\

/\sys.pɑ̃.sif\/ adj

The verdict

“suspensif” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,959. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,959
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui suspend, qui arrête et empêche d’aller en avant, de continuer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suspensif · suspensif · French

suspensif · rank #49,959 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,959
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH superviseurs

Nearest frequency peer: superviseurs (-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 « suspensif »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « suspensif » 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).

suspensif vs suspension
80% similar
suspensif vs suspens
78% similar
suspensif vs suspense
78% similar

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

Key facts for suspensif
PropertyValue
Headwordsuspensif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sys.pɑ̃.sif\
Letters9
Frequency rank#49,959
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « suspensif »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).suspensifse 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 « superviseurs » (#49,958), « suu » (#49,960), « suggéra » (#49,957). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « suspensif » est au #49,959. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around suspensif (IPA \sys.pɑ̃.sif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,959 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for suspensif, with forms such as "ssupensif", "ssuspensif", and "supsensif". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "suspension", "suspens", "suspense", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 suspensif, spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-S-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui suspend, qui arrête et empêche d’aller en avant, de continuer.
  2. 2
    Qualifie les points mis à la suite les uns des autres pour marquer la suspension ou l’interruption du sens.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il s'agissait de déclarer si le roi pourrait, oui ou non, s'opposer à l'exécution des décrets des législateurs. On accorda à Louis XVI le veto suspensif pendant quatre ans.
  2. Par ailleurs, il ne peut être fait échec à cet effet suspensif par l’introduction d'un référé provision : dès lors que le recouvrement de la créance a été suspendu suite à l’introduction d'une opposition à exécution, le référé sera nécessairement déclaré irrecevable.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ssupensif
  • ssuspensif
  • supsensif
  • susepnsif
  • suspenisf
  • suspennsif
  • suspensfi
  • suspensiff
  • suspenssif
  • suspesnif
  • suspnesif
  • susppensif
  • susspensif
  • usspensif

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ssupensif2ssuspensif1supsensif2susepnsif2suspenisf2suspennsif1suspensfi2suspensiff1
Edit distance from "suspensif"

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 "suspensif"?
"suspensif" is spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-S-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \sys.pɑ̃.sif\.
What does "suspensif" mean?
As an adjective, "suspensif" means: Qui suspend, qui arrête et empêche d’aller en avant, de continuer.
What words are commonly confused with "suspensif"?
"suspensif" is commonly confused with "suspension", "suspens", "suspense". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suspensif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suspensif" is \sys.pɑ̃.sif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suspensif" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list