Sulpician

noun

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"sulpician" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Sulpician” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to educate men for the ministry, and later introduced into Canada and the United States.

Key facts for Sulpician
PropertyValue
HeadwordSulpician
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Sulpician” sits in English frequency

Sulpician falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sulpician is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to educate men for the ministry, and later introduced into Canada and the United States.".

Sulpician has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Sulpice + -ian. So called after the parish of St. Sulpice in Paris, of which the founder, Jean Jacques Olier, was pastor in 1643. The correct English form is Sulpician, spelled S-U-L-P-I-C-I-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    One of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to educate men for the ministry, and later introduced into Canada and the United States.

Etymology

From Sulpice + -ian. So called after the parish of St. Sulpice in Paris, of which the founder, Jean Jacques Olier, was pastor in 1643.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sulpician"?
"Sulpician" is spelled S-U-L-P-I-C-I-A-N.
What does "Sulpician" mean?
As a noun, "Sulpician" means: One of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to educate men for the ministry, and later introduced into Canada and the United States.
What is the origin of the word "Sulpician"?
From Sulpice + -ian. So called after the parish of St. Sulpice in Paris, of which the founder, Jean Jacques Olier, was pastor in 1643. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Sulpician”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-U-L-P-I-C-I-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list