sous-payé
\su.pɛ.je\
The verdict
“sous-payé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est payé moins que ce qu’il ne devrait l’être.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sous-paye · sous-payé · French
sous-payé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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-payé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \su.pɛ.je\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sous-payé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sous-payé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \su.pɛ.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est payé moins que ce qu’il ne devrait l’être.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sous-payé, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sous-payé, spelled S-O-U-S---P-A-Y-É.
Definition
- 1Qui est payé moins que ce qu’il ne devrait l’être.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sous-payé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans leur monde où n’existe qu’un syndicat de patrons, ce personnel surqualifié et sous-payé ne parle jamais à visage découvert de son quotidien.
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.