Souterrain

[zutɛˈʁɛ̃ː]

/[zutɛˈʁɛ̃ː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Souterrain” is uncommon German (frequency #66,705 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,705
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unter der Erde befindlicher Teil eines Gebäudes

Corpus desk

Index DE-souterrain · Souterrain · German

Souterrain · rank #66,705 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,705
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sonderform

Nearest frequency peer: Sonderform (-3 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Souterrain“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Souterrain“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Souterrain
PropertyValue
HeadwordSouterrain
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zutɛˈʁɛ̃ː]
Letters10
Frequency rank#66,705
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Souterrain“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Souterrainfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sonderform“ (#66,702), „Sojasauce“ (#66,701), „sociale“ (#66,700). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Souterrain“ bei #66,705. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Souterrain is uncommon German at frequency #66,705 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zutɛˈʁɛ̃ː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unter der Erde befindlicher Teil eines Gebäudes".

Souterrain has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Souterrain, spelled S-O-U-T-E-R-R-A-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    unter der Erde befindlicher Teil eines Gebäudes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Das Tiroler Landestheater steht in Innsbruck, in unmittelbarer Nähe der historischen Altstadt, umgeben von Hofburg, Hofgarten und SOWI-Fakultät der Universität Innsbruck. Das große Haus fasst gegen 800 Sitzplätze und die Kammerspiele im Souterrain rund 250.“
  2. „Sein Souterrain ist hoch, und in zwei Absätzen führt eine Außentreppe zu den Schalterräumen hinauf.“

Synonyms

KellerKellergeschossTiefparterreUntergeschoss

This word in other languages

souterrain(English)

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Souterrain"?
"Souterrain" is spelled S-O-U-T-E-R-R-A-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [zutɛˈʁɛ̃ː].
What does "Souterrain" mean?
As a noun, "Souterrain" means: unter der Erde befindlicher Teil eines Gebäudes
How do you pronounce "Souterrain"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Souterrain" is [zutɛˈʁɛ̃ː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Souterrain" come from?
"Souterrain" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sonderform#66,702skandalöse#66,697Siedepunkt#66,695sibirische#66,694

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list