sous-alimenté
\su.z‿a.li.mɑ̃.te\
The verdict
“sous-alimenté” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Victime de la sous-alimentation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sous-alimenté |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \su.z‿a.li.mɑ̃.te\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sous-alimenté” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sous-alimenté is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \su.z‿a.li.mɑ̃.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Victime de la sous-alimentation.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sous-alimenté, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sous-alimenté, spelled S-O-U-S---A-L-I-M-E-N-T-É.
Definition
- 1Victime de la sous-alimentation.
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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Using “sous-alimenté”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-O-U-S---A-L-I-M-E-N-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \su.z‿a.li.mɑ̃.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.