sous-locataire
\su.lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\
The verdict
“sous-locataire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celui, celle qui loue une maison ou partie de maison, un appartement, une pièce, non pas au propriétaire de l’immeuble, mais à une tierce personne qui l’avait elle-même précédemment loué.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sous-locataire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \su.lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sous-locataire” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sous-locataire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \su.lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui, celle qui loue une maison ou partie de maison, un appartement, une pièce, non pas au propriétaire de l’immeuble, mais à une tierce personne qui l’avait elle-même précédemment loué.".
sous-locataire has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sous-locataire, spelled S-O-U-S---L-O-C-A-T-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Celui, celle qui loue une maison ou partie de maison, un appartement, une pièce, non pas au propriétaire de l’immeuble, mais à une tierce personne qui l’avait elle-même précédemment loué.
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-locataire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-O-U-S---L-O-C-A-T-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \su.lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\ (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.