sœur germaine

\sœʁ ʒɛʁ.mɛn\

/\sœʁ ʒɛʁ.mɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sœur de mêmes père et mère.

Key facts for sœur germaine
PropertyValue
Headwordsœur germaine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sœʁ ʒɛʁ.mɛn\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sœur germaine” sits in French frequency

sœur germaine 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

sœur germaine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sœʁ ʒɛʁ.mɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sœur de mêmes père et mère.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sœur germaine, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sœur germaine, spelled S-Œ-U-R- -G-E-R-M-A-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sœur de mêmes père et mère.

Antonyms

demi-sœur

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 "sœur germaine"?
"sœur germaine" is spelled S-Œ-U-R- -G-E-R-M-A-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sœʁ ʒɛʁ.mɛn\.
What does "sœur germaine" mean?
As a noun, "sœur germaine" means: Sœur de mêmes père et mère.
How do you pronounce "sœur germaine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sœur germaine" is \sœʁ ʒɛʁ.mɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sœur germaine" come from?
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Using “sœur germaine”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-Œ-U-R- -G-E-R-M-A-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sœʁ ʒɛʁ.mɛn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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