sutra

\su.tʁa\

/\su.tʁa\/ noun

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The verdict

“sutra” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,379. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,379
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de soutra.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sutra · sutra · French

sutra · rank #49,379 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,379
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sémites

Nearest frequency peer: sémites (+2 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 « sutra »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sutra » 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).

sutra vs suture
67% similar
sutra vs sur
60% similar
sutra vs sera
60% similar

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

Key facts for sutra
PropertyValue
Headwordsutra
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\su.tʁa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#49,379
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sutra »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sutrase 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 « sémites » (#49,381), « surmontant » (#49,376), « Sénart » (#49,382). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sutra » est au #49,379. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around sutra (IPA \su.tʁa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,379 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante orthographique de soutra.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sutra, with forms such as "ssutra", "stura", and "surta". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "suture", "sur", "sera", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sutra, spelled S-U-T-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante orthographique de soutra.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On trouve d’autre part dans l’ascendance paternelle d’Octave et de Rémo de bons esprits ouverts aux lumières, et même quelques âmes inquiètes penchées sur les sutras hindous et sur Swedenborg.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ssutra
  • stura
  • surta
  • sutar
  • sutrra
  • suttra
  • ustra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ssutra1stura2surta2sutar2sutrra1suttra1ustra2
Edit distance from "sutra"

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 "sutra"?
"sutra" is spelled S-U-T-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \su.tʁa\.
What does "sutra" mean?
As a noun, "sutra" means: Variante orthographique de soutra.
What words are commonly confused with "sutra"?
"sutra" is commonly confused with "suture", "sur", "sera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sutra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sutra" is \su.tʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sutra" come from?
"sutra" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list