sympas

\sɛ̃.pa\

/\sɛ̃.pa\/ adj

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The verdict

“sympas” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,794. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,794
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-sympas · sympas · French

sympas · rank #10,794 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,794
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH suspendre

Nearest frequency peer: suspendre (-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 « sympas »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sympas » 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).

sympas vs spas
67% similar
sympas vs sympa
83% similar

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

Key facts for sympas
PropertyValue
Headwordsympas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛ̃.pa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,794
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sympas »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sympasse 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 « suspendre » (#10,793), « sécuritaire » (#10,795), « supposée » (#10,792). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sympas » est au #10,794. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around sympas (IPA \sɛ̃.pa\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,794 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de sympa.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sympas, with forms such as "smypas", "ssympas", and "symaps". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "spas", "sympa", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sympas, spelled S-Y-M-P-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de sympa.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ce duo épatant entre par la grande porte dans la crypte des buveurs de sang sympas, sexy ou rigolos, loin du Dracula de Christopher Lee dans les films des années 1960 de la British Hammer, ou de celui de Francis Ford Coppola joué par Gary Oldman.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • smypas
  • ssympas
  • symaps
  • symmpas
  • sympass
  • symppas
  • sympsa
  • sypmas
  • syympas
  • ysmpas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

smypas2ssympas1symaps2symmpas1sympass1symppas1sympsa2sypmas2
Edit distance from "sympas"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

signés#10,786sieste#10,785saumon#10,783égales#10,808

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

supposée10 variantsseniors10 variantsramadan10 variantsMélanie10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list