Soudan du Sud
\su.dɑ̃ dy syd\
The verdict
“Soudan du Sud” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper 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) - Pays africain, bordé par le Soudan au nord, l’Éthiopie à l’est, le Kenya et l’Ouganda au sud, la République démocratique du Congo au sud-ouest, et la République centrafricaine à l’ouest. Sa capital...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Soudan du Sud |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \su.dɑ̃ dy syd\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Soudan du Sud” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Soudan du Sud is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \su.dɑ̃ dy syd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pays africain, bordé par le Soudan au nord, l’Éthiopie à l’est, le Kenya et l’Ouganda au sud, la République démocratique du Congo au sud-ouest, et la République centrafricaine à l’ouest. Sa capital...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Soudan du Sud, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Soudan du Sud, spelled S-O-U-D-A-N- -D-U- -S-U-D.
Definition
- 1Pays africain, bordé par le Soudan au nord, l’Éthiopie à l’est, le Kenya et l’Ouganda au sud, la République démocratique du Congo au sud-ouest, et la République centrafricaine à l’ouest. Sa capitale est Djouba. Il fut proclamé le 9 juillet 2011, se séparant du Soudan.
This word in other languages
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.
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- The one correct French spelling is S-O-U-D-A-N- -D-U- -S-U-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.