sympa

\sɛ̃.pa\

/\sɛ̃.pa\/ adj

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The verdict

“sympa” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,610. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,610
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-sympa · sympa · French

sympa · rank #1,610 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,610
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH su

Nearest frequency peer: su (-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 « sympa »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sympa » 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).

sympa vs Syria
40% similar
sympa vs sympas
83% similar
sympa vs sama
60% similar

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

Key facts for sympa
PropertyValue
Headwordsympa
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛ̃.pa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,610
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sympa »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sympase 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 « su » (#1,609), « silence » (#1,608), « univers » (#1,612). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sympa » est au #1,610. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around sympa (IPA \sɛ̃.pa\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,610 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for sympa, with forms such as "smypa", "ssympa", and "symap". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Syria", "sympas", "sama", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sympa, spelled S-Y-M-P-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sympathique.
  2. 2
    Joli, agréable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je les regardai rêveusement : fréquentations de passage ou amitiés irrépudiables ? Ils avaient été plutôt sympas, ce Latin hautain et cet Hellène amène.
  2. Bon, je descends voir ma pote Émilie au magasin ; elle au moins, elle est sympa ; elle ne me dit pas que tout ce qui est cool est interdit !

This word in other languages

nice(English)simpático(Español)freundlich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • smypa
  • ssympa
  • symap
  • symmpa
  • symppa
  • sypma
  • syympa
  • ysmpa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sympa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

smypa2ssympa1symap2symmpa1symppa1sypma2syympa1ysmpa2
Edit distance from "sympa"

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 "sympa"?
"sympa" is spelled S-Y-M-P-A. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃.pa\.
What does "sympa" mean?
As an adjective, "sympa" means: Sympathique.
What words are commonly confused with "sympa"?
"sympa" is commonly confused with "Syria", "sympas", "sama". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sympa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sympa" is \sɛ̃.pa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sympa" come from?
"sympa" 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 "sympa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

salon#1,607venez#1,613écran#1,616revue#1,604

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

vision8 variantshéros8 variantsauront8 variantsespoir8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list