état supercritique

\e.ta sy.pɛʁ.kʁi.tik\

/\e.ta sy.pɛʁ.kʁi.tik\/ noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - État de la matière où une substance fluide se trouve au-delà du point critique en température et en pression.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etat-supercritique · état supercritique · French

état supercritique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-8 8 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 état supercritique
PropertyValue
Headwordétat supercritique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ta sy.pɛʁ.kʁi.tik\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “état supercritique” sits in French frequency

état supercritique falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French 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

état supercritique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ta sy.pɛʁ.kʁi.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État de la matière où une substance fluide se trouve au-delà du point critique en température et en pression.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for état supercritique, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is état supercritique, spelled É-T-A-T- -S-U-P-E-R-C-R-I-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de la matière où une substance fluide se trouve au-delà du point critique en température et en pression.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’état supercritique a été observé expérimentalement pour la première fois à la fin du XIXᵉ siècle par Charles Cagniard de Latour sur du dioxyde de carbone (CO₂) exposé à 31,1 °C et 73,8 bar.

Antonyms

état liquideétat gazeuxétat plasmaétat solide

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "état supercritique"?
"état supercritique" is spelled É-T-A-T- -S-U-P-E-R-C-R-I-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ta sy.pɛʁ.kʁi.tik\.
What does "état supercritique" mean?
As a noun, "état supercritique" means: État de la matière où une substance fluide se trouve au-delà du point critique en température et en pression.
How do you pronounce "état supercritique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "état supercritique" is \e.ta sy.pɛʁ.kʁi.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "état supercritique" come from?
"état supercritique" 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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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