# superstructure

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #33,438

## Definitions
1. Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501).
2. Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.
3. All that part of a building above the basement.
4. The sleepers and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
5. The social sphere of ideology which includes religion, art, politics, law and all traditional values.

## Etymology
From super- + structure.

## Common misspellings (22)
`spuerstructure`, `ssuperstructure`, `sueprstructure`, `superrstructure`, `supersrtucture`, `supersstructure`, `superstrcuture`, `superstrructure`, `superstruccture`, `superstructrue`, `superstructture`, `superstructuer`, `superstructurre`, `superstrucutre`, `superstrutcure`, `supersttructure`, `supersturcture`, `supertsructure`, `supesrtructure`, `supperstructure`, `suprestructure`, `usperstructure`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/superstructure