sous-évaluer
\su.ze.va.lɥe\
The verdict
“sous-évaluer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Évaluer quelque chose en dessous de sa valeur réelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sous-evaluer · sous-évaluer · French
sous-évaluer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | sous-évaluer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \su.ze.va.lɥe\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sous-évaluer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sous-évaluer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \su.ze.va.lɥe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sous-évaluer has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sous-évaluer, spelled S-O-U-S---É-V-A-L-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Évaluer quelque chose en dessous de sa valeur réelle.
- 2Avoir peu de considération envers quelque chose ou quelqu’un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sous-évaluer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il me donne la combine pour papeetiser. Il faut s’adresser à un expert corrompu, le payer en liquide et lui demander de sous-évaluer le bateau.
Ils reviennent tellement cher en impôts, et vous n’êtes pas sans ignorer que certains propriétaires sous-évaluent le nombre de leurs esclaves pour n’avoir pas à payer la capitation.
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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.