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sufix

sufix is the misspelling of suffix.

Meaning of suffix

Noun

suffix (plural suffixes)

  1. A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.
    • The suffix "-able" changes "sing" into "singable".
    Synonyms:
    affix
    Antonyms:
    prefix
  2. A subscript.
  3. A final segment of a string of characters.
    • The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra".

See all 6 meanings of suffix

Forms of sufix

pluralsufixes

Origin of sufix

Probably originated out of confusion with its antonym, prefix, spelled a single F.

Questions about sufix

What is sufix the misspelling of?
Sufix is the misspelling of suffix.

Words near sufix in the dictionary

  1. Sufistic
  2. Sufists
  3. Sufite
  4. Sufites
  5. Sufitic
  6. sufix
  7. Sufize
  8. Sufized
  9. Sufizes
  10. Sufizing
  11. sufosfamide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sufix (page history and authors); suffix (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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