sous-titre

\su.titʁ\

/\su.titʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“sous-titre” 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) - Titre secondaire qui est ordinairement placé sous le titre principal d’un livre.

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

Where “sous-titre” sits in French frequency

sous-titre 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-titre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \su.titʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sous-titre in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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-titre, spelled S-O-U-S---T-I-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Titre secondaire qui est ordinairement placé sous le titre principal d’un livre.
  2. 2
    Texte donnant par écrit sur l’écran les paroles d’un film ou d’un programme télévisé, soit pour traduire dans une autre langue ce qui est dit, soit pour le rendre accessible à ceux qui ne sont pas en situation d'entendre la bande sonore.

This word in other languages

subtitle(English)subtítulo(Español)Untertitel(Deutsch)subtítulo(Português)

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-titre"?
"sous-titre" is spelled S-O-U-S---T-I-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \su.titʁ\.
What does "sous-titre" mean?
As a noun, "sous-titre" means: Titre secondaire qui est ordinairement placé sous le titre principal d’un livre.
How do you pronounce "sous-titre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sous-titre" is \su.titʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sous-titre" come from?
"sous-titre" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “sous-titre”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is S-O-U-S---T-I-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \su.titʁ\ (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