synopsis

\si.nɔp.sis\

/\si.nɔp.sis\/ noun

The verdict

“synopsis” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,517. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,517
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Résumé d’un film, d’un livre, plus détaillé que l'argument ou accroche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-synopsis · synopsis · French

synopsis · rank #15,517 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,517
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH syntaxe

Nearest frequency peer: syntaxe (+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 « synopsis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « synopsis » 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
Key facts for synopsis
PropertyValue
Headwordsynopsis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.nɔp.sis\
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,517
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « synopsis »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.synopsisse 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 « syntaxe » (#15,518), « supposés » (#15,515), « Tahiti » (#15,519). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « synopsis » est au #15,517. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around synopsis (IPA \si.nɔp.sis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,517 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for synopsis, with forms such as "snyopsis", "ssynopsis", and "synnopsis". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is synopsis, spelled S-Y-N-O-P-S-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Résumé d’un film, d’un livre, plus détaillé que l'argument ou accroche.
  2. 2
    Ouvrage présentant les grandes lignes d’un sujet donné (sciences, histoire, art, etc.)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quand on a ouvert la TV, Raymond Lemay dessinait, avec sa rapidité spectaculaire ordinaire, les zones de pression du synopsis des prévisions.
  2. Comme nous l'avons vu dans le chapitre 2, un scénariste qui a été engagé pour écrire un épisode de feuilleton populaire, devra très certainement travailler à partir d'une trame ou d'un synopsis détaillé qu'on lui aura remis.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • snyopsis
  • ssynopsis
  • synnopsis
  • synopiss
  • synoppsis
  • synopsiss
  • synopssi
  • synopssis
  • synospis
  • synposis
  • syonpsis
  • syynopsis
  • ysnopsis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of synopsis - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

snyopsis2ssynopsis1synnopsis1synopiss2synoppsis1synopsiss1synopssi2synopssis1
Edit distance from "synopsis"

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 "synopsis"?
"synopsis" is spelled S-Y-N-O-P-S-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \si.nɔp.sis\.
What does "synopsis" mean?
As a noun, "synopsis" means: Résumé d’un film, d’un livre, plus détaillé que l'argument ou accroche.
What are common misspellings of "synopsis"?
Common misspellings include "snyopsis", "ssynopsis", "synnopsis", "synopiss", "synoppsis". The correct spelling is "synopsis".
How do you pronounce "synopsis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "synopsis" is \si.nɔp.sis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "synopsis" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list