sous-ordre

\su.z‿ɔʁdʁ\

/\su.z‿ɔʁdʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“sous-ordre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Procédure par laquelle les créanciers d’un débiteur, lui-même créancier dans une procédure d’ordre, prennent sa place et se partagent le montant de ce qui lui revient.

Key facts for sous-ordre
PropertyValue
Headwordsous-ordre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\su.z‿ɔʁdʁ\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sous-ordre” sits in French frequency

sous-ordre falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sous-ordre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \su.z‿ɔʁdʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sous-ordre, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is sous-ordre, spelled S-O-U-S---O-R-D-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Procédure par laquelle les créanciers d’un débiteur, lui-même créancier dans une procédure d’ordre, prennent sa place et se partagent le montant de ce qui lui revient.
  2. 2
    Ordre pris en second.
  3. 3
    Celui qui est soumis aux ordres d’un autre, ou qui travaille sous lui à une affaire quelconque.
  4. 4
    Niveau intermédiaire de la classification des êtres vivants, situé entre l’ordre et l’infra-ordre.

This word in other languages

suborder(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sous-ordre"?
"sous-ordre" is spelled S-O-U-S---O-R-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \su.z‿ɔʁdʁ\.
What does "sous-ordre" mean?
As a noun, "sous-ordre" means: Procédure par laquelle les créanciers d’un débiteur, lui-même créancier dans une procédure d’ordre, prennent sa place et se partagent le montant de ce qui lui revient.
How do you pronounce "sous-ordre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sous-ordre" is \su.z‿ɔʁdʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sous-ordre" come from?
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Using “sous-ordre”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-O-U-S---O-R-D-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \su.z‿ɔʁdʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list