sous-payer
\su.pɛ.je\
The verdict
“sous-payer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Débourser pour une chose, moins que son prix normal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sous-payer · sous-payer · French
sous-payer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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-payer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \su.pɛ.je\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sous-payer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \su.pɛ.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sous-payer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sous-payer, spelled S-O-U-S---P-A-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1Débourser pour une chose, moins que son prix normal.
- 2Rémunérer quelqu’un moins que la valeur de son œuvre ou de son travail.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sous-payer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une nation qui ignore, méprise et sous-paye ses infirmières, ses policiers, ses chercheurs et ses enseignants est une nation en danger.
Moi, j’avais un casier universitaire vierge et une belle absence d’antécédent dans le domaine du travail : on avait donc le droit de me sous-payer.
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.