suspicion

\sys.pi.sjɔ̃\

/\sys.pi.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“suspicion” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,834. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,834
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soupçon ; action de tenir pour suspect.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suspicion · suspicion · French

suspicion · rank #17,834 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #17,834
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH séché

Nearest frequency peer: séché (+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 « suspicion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « suspicion » 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).

suspicion vs suspicions
90% similar

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

Key facts for suspicion
PropertyValue
Headwordsuspicion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sys.pi.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,834
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « suspicion »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.suspicionse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « séché » (#17,835), « supposant » (#17,832), « sugar » (#17,831). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « suspicion » est au #17,834. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around suspicion (IPA \sys.pi.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,834 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Soupçon ; action de tenir pour suspect.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for suspicion, with forms such as "ssupicion", "ssuspicion", and "supsicion". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "suspicions", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is suspicion, spelled S-U-S-P-I-C-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soupçon ; action de tenir pour suspect.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Depuis le commencement de 1820, Cadiz est, aux yeux du gouvernement d’Espagne, en état de suspicion et de défiance.
  2. À contrecœur elle faisait pacte avec l’Est : « Je m’arrange avec lui », disait-elle. Mais elle demeurait pleine de suspicion et surveillait, entre tous les cardinaux et collatéraux, ce point glacé, traître, aux jeux meurtriers.

This word in other languages

suspicion(English)sospecha(Español)Argwohn(Deutsch)suspeição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ssupicion
  • ssuspicion
  • supsicion
  • susipcion
  • suspciion
  • suspiccion
  • suspicino
  • suspicionn
  • suspicoin
  • suspiicon
  • susppicion
  • susspicion
  • usspicion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ssupicion2ssuspicion1supsicion2susipcion2suspciion2suspiccion1suspicino2suspicionn1
Edit distance from "suspicion"

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 "suspicion"?
"suspicion" is spelled S-U-S-P-I-C-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sys.pi.sjɔ̃\.
What does "suspicion" mean?
As a noun, "suspicion" means: Soupçon ; action de tenir pour suspect.
What words are commonly confused with "suspicion"?
"suspicion" is commonly confused with "suspicions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suspicion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suspicion" is \sys.pi.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suspicion" come from?
"suspicion" 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 "suspicion", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

supposant#17,832stimulant#17,828troublant#17,841simplifié#17,816

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list