Soudan français
\su.dɑ̃ fʁɑ̃.sɛ\
The verdict
“Soudan français” 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
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mali, entre 1891 et 1904 puis de 1920 à 1946, principalement avant son indépendance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-soudan-francais · Soudan français · French
Soudan français · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Soudan français |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \su.dɑ̃ fʁɑ̃.sɛ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Soudan français is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \su.dɑ̃ fʁɑ̃.sɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mali, entre 1891 et 1904 puis de 1920 à 1946, principalement avant son indépendance.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Soudan français in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Soudan français, spelled S-O-U-D-A-N- -F-R-A-N-Ç-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Mali, entre 1891 et 1904 puis de 1920 à 1946, principalement avant son indépendance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Soudan français appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Samory Touré tenta de constituer dans le Sud du Soudan français un nouvel État, mais n’y parvint pas et fut emprisonné en 1898.
Depuis septembre 1886, le nouveau commandant du Soudan français était le colonel Gallieni, le héros de la grande reconnaissance de 1880.
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.