sous-famille
\su.fa.mij\
The verdict
“sous-famille” 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) - Taxon de la classification systématique, immédiatement inférieur à la famille, et supérieur à la tribu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sous-famille · sous-famille · French
sous-famille · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sous-famille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \su.fa.mij\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sous-famille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sous-famille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \su.fa.mij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Taxon de la classification systématique, immédiatement inférieur à la famille, et supérieur à la tribu.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sous-famille, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sous-famille, spelled S-O-U-S---F-A-M-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Taxon de la classification systématique, immédiatement inférieur à la famille, et supérieur à la tribu.
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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.