Soubise
\su.biz\
The verdict
“Soubise” is uncommon French (frequency #52,357 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,357
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Charente-Maritime.
Corpus desk
Index FR-soubise · Soubise · French
Soubise · rank #52,357 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,357
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Sonya
Nearest frequency peer: Sonya (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Soubise »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sommations
sommations
47,647 corpus weight
- sonnée
sonnée
47,646 corpus weight
- Sonya
Sonya
47,645 corpus weight
- Soubise
Soubise
47,644 corpus weight
- soudaines
soudaines
47,643 corpus weight
- soufflée
soufflée
47,642 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Soubise » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Soubise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \su.biz\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Soubise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Soubise is uncommon French at frequency #52,357 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \su.biz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Soubise, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Soubise, spelled S-O-U-B-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Charente-Maritime.
- 2Sauce accompagnant un plat de viande.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Soubise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au départ du petit port de Soubise, une randonnée vélo de 10 kilomètres fait cheminer le long de la Charente.
Quelques jours après, lorsque j’eus triomphé de ses indécisions, je me piquai au jeu et je lui tins parole : durant huit jours, je lui servis tour à tour des fricassées de poulet, des filets de sole, des côtelettes à la Soubise, des omelettes au rhum, et une foule d’autres plats qui la ravissaient par leur diversité.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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