sous les radars
\su le ʁa.daʁ\
The verdict
“sous les radars” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de sous le radar.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sous-les-radars · sous les radars · French
sous les radars · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 les radars |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \su le ʁa.daʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sous les radars » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sous les radars is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \su le ʁa.daʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de sous le radar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sous les radars in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 les radars, spelled S-O-U-S- -L-E-S- -R-A-D-A-R-S.
Definition
- 1Variante de sous le radar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sous les radars appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a ceux qui posent des fondations, ceux qui déménagent souvent, ceux qui les mettent sur roues ou sur pilotis. Ceux qui les déclarent à la mairie et ceux qui préfèrent passer sous les radars.
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.