Sylla

name

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The verdict

“Sylla” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,255. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,255
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sylla · Sylla · French

Sylla · rank #27,255 · 6 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,255
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Syracuse

Nearest frequency peer: Syracuse (+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 « Sylla »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Sylla » 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).

Sylla vs sympa
40% similar
Sylla vs Syria
60% similar
Sylla vs Sylvia
67% similar

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

Key facts for Sylla
PropertyValue
HeadwordSylla
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,255
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Sylla »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Syracuse » (#27,256), « surpopulation » (#27,253), « sénéchal » (#27,257). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Sylla » est au #27,255. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Sylla, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,255 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sylla, with forms such as "slyla", "ssylla", and "syla". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "sympa", "Syria", "Sylvia", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Sylla, spelled S-Y-L-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a, tout d’abord, Notre tout petit petit mariage avec Ahmed Sylla, puis Chasse gardée avec Olivier Bourdon, Thierry Lhermitte et Hakim Jemili.
  2. Sounkamba Sylla, spécialiste qui a créé la cagnotte, a trouvé un accord avec son employeur pour être focus à 100 % sur les Jeux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • slyla
  • ssylla
  • syla
  • sylal
  • syylla
  • yslla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

slyla2ssylla1syla1sylal2syylla1yslla2
Edit distance from "Sylla"

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 "Sylla"?
"Sylla" is spelled S-Y-L-L-A.
What does "Sylla" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sylla" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Sylla"?
"Sylla" is commonly confused with "sympa", "Syria", "Sylvia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Sylla" come from?
"Sylla" 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 "Sylla", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Tania#27,259tollé#27,264Torah#27,266snack#27,234

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

viennes6 variantsvolte6 variantsprado6 variantsostie6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list