Youssouf

\ju.suf\

/\ju.suf\/ name

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The verdict

“Youssouf” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,081. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,081
frequency rank, French
198
“Y” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin d’origine arabe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-youssouf · Youssouf · French

Youssouf · rank #41,081 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,081
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 198
  • PHOTO-FINISH youhou

Nearest frequency peer: youhou (-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 « Youssouf »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Youssouf » 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).

Youssouf vs Yusuf
63% similar
Youssouf vs Youssef
75% similar

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

Key facts for Youssouf
PropertyValue
HeadwordYoussouf
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ju.suf\
Letters8
Frequency rank#41,081
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Youssouf »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Youssoufse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « youhou » (#41,080), « Yasmine » (#41,079), « échauffe » (#41,083). Parmi 198 lemmes en « Y », « Youssouf » est au #41,081. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Youssouf (IPA \ju.suf\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,081 among 198 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin d’origine arabe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Youssouf, with forms such as "oyussouf", "yosusouf", and "yousosuf". 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, "Yusuf", "Youssef", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Youssouf, spelled Y-O-U-S-S-O-U-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin d’origine arabe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Youssouf Fofana, Eduardo Camavinga et, de manière moins certaine, Mattéo Guendouzi pourraient en profiter.
  2. Il devra composer sans Sofiane Diop et Youssouf Ndayishimiye, tandis que les Parisiens seront privés de Marquinhos et de Marco Asensio.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oyussouf
  • yosusouf
  • yousosuf
  • yousouf
  • youssofu
  • youssouff
  • youssuof
  • yuossouf
  • yyoussouf

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oyussouf2yosusouf2yousosuf2yousouf1youssofu2youssouff1youssuof2yuossouf2
Edit distance from "Youssouf"

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 "Youssouf"?
"Youssouf" is spelled Y-O-U-S-S-O-U-F. The IPA pronunciation is \ju.suf\.
What does "Youssouf" mean?
As a proper noun, "Youssouf" means: Prénom masculin d’origine arabe.
What words are commonly confused with "Youssouf"?
"Youssouf" is commonly confused with "Yusuf", "Youssef". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Youssouf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Youssouf" is \ju.suf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Youssouf" come from?
"Youssouf" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

échauffe#41,083Wawrinka#41,074virgules#41,068viendrez#41,065

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Érasme9 variantsvoulues9 variantsvotons9 variantsabattues9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list