suspension

/\sys.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,996

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

suspension is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de suspendre ; état d’une chose suspendue. Pronounced \sys.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #4,996 in French word frequency. Often confused with suspensions and suspensif.

Key facts for suspension
PropertyValue
Headwordsuspension
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sys.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,996
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of suspension in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for suspension is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sys.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,996 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for suspension, with forms such as "ssupension", "ssuspension", and "supsension". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "suspensions", "suspensif", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is suspension, spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-S-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de suspendre ; état d’une chose suspendue.
  2. 2
    Figure artistique de la danse et du cirque.
  3. 3
    État de particules qui sont mêlées à un fluide sans être dissoutes par lui.
  4. 4
    Mélange de particules dans un fluide de cette nature.
  5. 5
    Forme galénique dans laquelle le principe actif non soluble mis en suspension (au sens physique du terme).
  6. 6
    Appareil suspendu au plafond, qui supporte une lampe, des lampes.
  7. 7
    Ensemble des organes qui servent, sur un véhicule (voiture, camion, moto, bicyclette, etc.) à amortir les chocs et à améliorer la tenue de route.
  8. 8
    Surséance, cessation momentanée.
  9. 9
    Action d’interdire pour un temps à un fonctionnaire public l’exercice de ses fonctions.
  10. 10
    Sens interrompu brusquement et qui n’est pas achevé.
  11. 11
    Construction topologique définie par écrasement des extrémités d'un cylindre.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ssupension,ssuspension,supsension,susepnsion,suspenison,suspennsion,suspensino,suspensionn,suspensoin,suspenssion,suspesnion,suspnesion,susppension,susspension,usspension

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for suspension

Misspelling Variants of "suspension"

ssupension10ssuspension11supsension10susepnsion10suspenison10suspennsion11suspensino10suspensionn11
Misspelling Variants of "suspension"

Frequency rank: #4,996 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "suspension"?
"suspension" is spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sys.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃\.
What does "suspension" mean?
As a noun, "suspension" means: Action de suspendre ; état d’une chose suspendue.
What words are commonly confused with "suspension"?
"suspension" is commonly confused with "suspensions", "suspensif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suspension"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suspension" is \sys.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suspension" come from?
"suspension" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.