conseil de surveillance
\kɔ̃.sɛj də syʁ.vɛ.jɑ̃s\
The verdict
“conseil de surveillance” 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 May 6, 2026) - Organe non-exécutif ayant pour mission de veiller au bon fonctionnement d'une entreprise et d'en rendre compte aux actionnaires.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conseil de surveillance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.sɛj də syʁ.vɛ.jɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “conseil de surveillance” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
conseil de surveillance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.sɛj də syʁ.vɛ.jɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Organe non-exécutif ayant pour mission de veiller au bon fonctionnement d'une entreprise et d'en rendre compte aux actionnaires.".
conseil de surveillance has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is conseil de surveillance, spelled C-O-N-S-E-I-L- -D-E- -S-U-R-V-E-I-L-L-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Organe non-exécutif ayant pour mission de veiller au bon fonctionnement d'une entreprise et d'en rendre compte aux actionnaires.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “conseil de surveillance”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-S-E-I-L- -D-E- -S-U-R-V-E-I-L-L-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.