soupassement

\su.pas.mɑ̃\

/\su.pas.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“soupassement” 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) - Outrepassement sous une valeur minimale, sous la borne inférieure admissible.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soupassement · soupassement · French

soupassement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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 soupassement
PropertyValue
Headwordsoupassement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\su.pas.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « soupassement » en français

soupassementreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

soupassement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \su.pas.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Outrepassement sous une valeur minimale, sous la borne inférieure admissible.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for soupassement, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 soupassement, spelled S-O-U-P-A-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Outrepassement sous une valeur minimale, sous la borne inférieure admissible.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how soupassement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Si le résultat attendu est positif, cₖ signifie un soupassement (underflow) ou dépassement de capacité par valeurs inférieures.
  2. Cette exception est provoquée lorsque le résultat réel est trop petit en valeur absolue pour être représenté dans le format choisi. Le résultat d’une telle exception est le plus petit nombre dénormalisé ou 0 en fonction du mode d’arrondi. Exemple : 10⁻⁴⁵ ⊘ 3 dans un format simple précision, provoque un soupassement de capacité et retourne +0.

Synonyms

soupassement de capacité

Antonyms

dépassementdépassement de capacité

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "soupassement"?
"soupassement" is spelled S-O-U-P-A-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \su.pas.mɑ̃\.
What does "soupassement" mean?
As a noun, "soupassement" means: Outrepassement sous une valeur minimale, sous la borne inférieure admissible.
How do you pronounce "soupassement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soupassement" is \su.pas.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soupassement" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list