sous-couche
\su.kuʃ\
The verdict
“sous-couche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couche géologique sous-jacente.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sous-couche · sous-couche · French
sous-couche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sous-couche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \su.kuʃ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sous-couche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \su.kuʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for sous-couche in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sous-couche, spelled S-O-U-S---C-O-U-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Couche géologique sous-jacente.
- 2Première couche de peinture, avant la couche définitive (ou les couches définitives), destinée à faciliter l’adhérence de la peinture finale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sous-couche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les sous-couches argileuses.
À ce stade, le sondage restait désespérément improductif. La sous-couche la plus ancienne paraissait ne jamais avoir reçu la moindre polychromie.
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.