sous-traitant
\su.tʁe.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“sous-traitant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de sous-traiter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sous-traitant · sous-traitant · French
sous-traitant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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-traitant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \su.tʁe.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “sous-traitant” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
sous-traitant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \su.tʁe.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de sous-traiter.".
No misspelling variants are generated for sous-traitant in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sous-traitant, spelled S-O-U-S---T-R-A-I-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de sous-traiter.
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.
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