sous-vêtement
\su.vɛt.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“sous-vêtement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Linge couvrant du buste aux cuisses et se portant à même la peau sous les vêtements.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sous-vetement · sous-vêtement · French
sous-vêtement · 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-vêtement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \su.vɛt.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sous-vêtement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sous-vêtement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \su.vɛt.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Linge couvrant du buste aux cuisses et se portant à même la peau sous les vêtements.".
sous-vêtement has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sous-vêtement, spelled S-O-U-S---V-Ê-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Linge couvrant du buste aux cuisses et se portant à même la peau sous les vêtements.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sous-vêtement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vanessa ignorait ce qu'était un string en V ou un tanga. Elle achetait ses sous-vêtements en coton Hanes Her Way et ses marcels chez Rite Aid et n'avait jamais mis un pied dans une boutique Victoria's Secret.
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.