société mère

\so.sje.te mɛʁ\

/\so.sje.te mɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Siège principal d’une société détenant des filiales.

Corpus desk

Index FR-societe-mere · société mère · French

société mère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for société mère
PropertyValue
Headwordsociété mère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\so.sje.te mɛʁ\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « société mère » en français

société mèresiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

société mère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \so.sje.te mɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Siège principal d’une société détenant des filiales.".

société mère has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is société mère, spelled S-O-C-I-É-T-É- -M-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Siège principal d’une société détenant des filiales.

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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 "société mère"?
"société mère" is spelled S-O-C-I-É-T-É- -M-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \so.sje.te mɛʁ\.
What does "société mère" mean?
As a noun, "société mère" means: Siège principal d’une société détenant des filiales.
How do you pronounce "société mère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "société mère" is \so.sje.te mɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "société mère" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list