science sociale
\sjɑ̃s sɔ.sjal\
The verdict
“science sociale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discipline académique ayant pour objet le social : anthropologie, démographie, économie, ethnologie, géographie, histoire, sociologie, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-science-sociale · science sociale · French
science sociale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | science sociale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sjɑ̃s sɔ.sjal\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « science sociale » en français
Rare enough to double-check
science sociale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sjɑ̃s sɔ.sjal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Discipline académique ayant pour objet le social : anthropologie, démographie, économie, ethnologie, géographie, histoire, sociologie, etc.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for science sociale, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is science sociale, spelled S-C-I-E-N-C-E- -S-O-C-I-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Discipline académique ayant pour objet le social : anthropologie, démographie, économie, ethnologie, géographie, histoire, sociologie, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how science sociale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’épistémologue Ernest Gellner s’est attaché à montrer la faiblesse des arguments visant à exclure les sciences sociales du champ scientifique.
L’EHESS (École des hautes études en sciences sociales) a pour mission l’enseignement supérieur et la recherche en sciences sociales.
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.