syncope

\sɛ̃.kɔp\

/\sɛ̃.kɔp\/ noun

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The verdict

“syncope” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,032. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,032
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perte de connaissance brève et brutale liée à une diminution brusque du débit sanguin cérébral.

Corpus desk

Index FR-syncope · syncope · French

syncope · rank #41,032 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,032
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sword

Nearest frequency peer: sword (-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 « syncope »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « syncope » 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).

syncope vs synode
71% similar
syncope vs scope
71% similar

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

Key facts for syncope
PropertyValue
Headwordsyncope
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛ̃.kɔp\
Letters7
Frequency rank#41,032
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « syncope »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).syncopese 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 « sword » (#41,031), « Syria » (#41,033), « sutures » (#41,030). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « syncope » est au #41,032. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around syncope (IPA \sɛ̃.kɔp\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,032 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for syncope, with forms such as "snycope", "ssyncope", and "sycnope". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "synode", "scope", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented 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 syncope, spelled S-Y-N-C-O-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Perte de connaissance brève et brutale liée à une diminution brusque du débit sanguin cérébral.
  2. 2
    Malaise.
  3. 3
    Période d’absence d’activité.
  4. 4
    Métaplasme consistant en la disparition d’un ou plusieurs phonèmes au sein d’un même mot.
  5. 5
    Disparition d’un e caduc dans le corps du mot, pour gagner une syllabe. Exemple : « encor » au lieu d’« encore ».
  6. 6
    Effet de contretemps obtenu par prolongation d’un temps faible sur un temps fort.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Delle n’eut pas besoin d’insister pour qu’on admît Alain qui avait eu deux syncopes en route et qui ne tenait plus sur ses jambes […]
  2. Mme Caravan, après l’avoir considérée un instant, déclara : — « Bah ! elle a encore une syncope, voilà tout ; c’est pour nous empêcher de dîner, sois-en sûr. »

Synonyms

évanouissementlourdinemalaisevapeursvertigeamuïssement

Antonyms

épenthèse

This word in other languages

syncope(English)síncope(Español)Synkope(Deutsch)síncope(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • snycope
  • ssyncope
  • sycnope
  • synccope
  • syncoep
  • syncoppe
  • syncpoe
  • synncope
  • synocpe
  • syyncope
  • ysncope

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

snycope2ssyncope1sycnope2synccope1syncoep2syncoppe1syncpoe2synncope1
Edit distance from "syncope"

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 "syncope"?
"syncope" is spelled S-Y-N-C-O-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃.kɔp\.
What does "syncope" mean?
As a noun, "syncope" means: Perte de connaissance brève et brutale liée à une diminution brusque du débit sanguin cérébral.
What words are commonly confused with "syncope"?
"syncope" is commonly confused with "synode", "scope". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "syncope"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "syncope" is \sɛ̃.kɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "syncope" come from?
"syncope" 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 "syncope", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sutures#41,030tenable#41,038tentées#41,039théière#41,042

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

souffrira11 variantssiégeait11 variantsvaricelle11 variantsRonsard11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list