complexe de supériorité

\kɔ̃.plɛks də sy.pe.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\

/\kɔ̃.plɛks də sy.pe.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
23
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentiment qu’une personne éprouve d’être supérieure à ce qu’elle considère comme normal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-complexe-de-superiorite · complexe de supériorité · French

complexe de supériorité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 23 letters
  • VOW-10 10 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for complexe de supériorité
PropertyValue
Headwordcomplexe de supériorité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.plɛks də sy.pe.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\
Letters23
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « complexe de supériorité » en français

complexe de supérioritéreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

complexe de supériorité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.plɛks də sy.pe.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sentiment qu’une personne éprouve d’être supérieure à ce qu’elle considère comme normal.".

No misspelling variants are generated for complexe de supériorité in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is complexe de supériorité, spelled C-O-M-P-L-E-X-E- -D-E- -S-U-P-É-R-I-O-R-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentiment qu’une personne éprouve d’être supérieure à ce qu’elle considère comme normal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En d’autres termes, les personnes souffrant d’un complexe de supériorité ont souvent besoin de surcompenser quelque chose qui leur fait défaut. Souvent, ce sentiment se traduit par un comportement nuisible envers les autres.

Antonyms

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 "complexe de supériorité"?
"complexe de supériorité" is spelled C-O-M-P-L-E-X-E- -D-E- -S-U-P-É-R-I-O-R-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.plɛks də sy.pe.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\.
What does "complexe de supériorité" mean?
As a noun, "complexe de supériorité" means: Sentiment qu’une personne éprouve d’être supérieure à ce qu’elle considère comme normal.
How do you pronounce "complexe de supériorité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "complexe de supériorité" is \kɔ̃.plɛks də sy.pe.ʁjɔ.ʁi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "complexe de supériorité" come from?
"complexe de supériorité" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list