süffisant
[zʏfiˈzant]
The verdict
“süffisant” is uncommon German (frequency #78,618 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,618
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - selbstgefällig, genüsslich überlegene Distanz zeigend, ein Gefühl von meist geistiger Überlegenheit zur Schau tragend, spöttisch-überheblich
Corpus desk
Index DE-suffisant · süffisant · German
süffisant · rank #78,618 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,618
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Südpazifik
Nearest frequency peer: Südpazifik (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „süffisant“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- südafrikani…
südafrikanischer
21,387 corpus weight
- südländisch
südländisch
21,386 corpus weight
- südostasiat…
südostasiatischen
21,385 corpus weight
- Südpazifik
Südpazifik
21,384 corpus weight
- süffisant
süffisant
21,383 corpus weight
- tadellosen
tadellosen
21,381 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „süffisant“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | süffisant |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [zʏfiˈzant] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,618 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „süffisant“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
süffisant is uncommon German at frequency #78,618 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [zʏfiˈzant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "selbstgefällig, genüsslich überlegene Distanz zeigend, ein Gefühl von meist geistiger Überlegenheit zur Schau tragend, spöttisch-überheblich".
süffisant doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is süffisant, spelled S-Ü-F-F-I-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1selbstgefällig, genüsslich überlegene Distanz zeigend, ein Gefühl von meist geistiger Überlegenheit zur Schau tragend, spöttisch-überheblich
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how süffisant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hatte so einen merkwürdig süffisanten Ton bei seiner Ansprache.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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