somme de contrôle

\sɔm də kɔ̃.tʁol\

/\sɔm də kɔ̃.tʁol\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre associé à un ensemble de données numériques permettant de vérifier que leur intégrité a été préservée après un processus de copie ou de transmission.

Corpus desk

Index FR-somme-de-controle · somme de contrôle · French

somme de contrôle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 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 somme de contrôle
PropertyValue
Headwordsomme de contrôle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔm də kɔ̃.tʁol\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “somme de contrôle” sits in French frequency

somme de contrôle 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

somme de contrôle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɔm də kɔ̃.tʁol\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre associé à un ensemble de données numériques permettant de vérifier que leur intégrité a été préservée après un processus de copie ou de transmission.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for somme de contrôle in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is somme de contrôle, spelled S-O-M-M-E- -D-E- -C-O-N-T-R-Ô-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre associé à un ensemble de données numériques permettant de vérifier que leur intégrité a été préservée après un processus de copie ou de transmission.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "somme de contrôle"?
"somme de contrôle" is spelled S-O-M-M-E- -D-E- -C-O-N-T-R-Ô-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔm də kɔ̃.tʁol\.
What does "somme de contrôle" mean?
As a noun, "somme de contrôle" means: Nombre associé à un ensemble de données numériques permettant de vérifier que leur intégrité a été préservée après un processus de copie ou de transmission.
How do you pronounce "somme de contrôle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "somme de contrôle" is \sɔm də kɔ̃.tʁol\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "somme de contrôle" come from?
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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