sous-routine
\su.ʁu.tin\
The verdict
“sous-routine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tâche appelée par la fonction principale d’un programme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sous-routine · sous-routine · French
sous-routine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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-routine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \su.ʁu.tin\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sous-routine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \su.ʁu.tin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tâche appelée par la fonction principale d’un programme.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sous-routine, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is sous-routine, spelled S-O-U-S---R-O-U-T-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Tâche appelée par la fonction principale d’un programme.
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.