école supérieure

\e.kɔl sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\

/\e.kɔl sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Établissement d'enseignement supérieur spécialisé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ecole-superieure · école supérieure · French

école supérieure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-9 9 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "É" 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 école supérieure
PropertyValue
Headwordécole supérieure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.kɔl sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « école supérieure » en français

école supérieurereste 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

école supérieure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.kɔl sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Établissement d'enseignement supérieur spécialisé.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for école supérieure, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is école supérieure, spelled É-C-O-L-E- -S-U-P-É-R-I-E-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Établissement d'enseignement supérieur spécialisé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. […] en passant à l’école supérieure, ils y gagneront en considération.

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 "école supérieure"?
"école supérieure" is spelled É-C-O-L-E- -S-U-P-É-R-I-E-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.kɔl sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\.
What does "école supérieure" mean?
As a noun, "école supérieure" means: Établissement d'enseignement supérieur spécialisé.
How do you pronounce "école supérieure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "école supérieure" is \e.kɔl sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list