Soustelle

\sus.tɛl\

/\sus.tɛl\/ name

The verdict

“Soustelle” is uncommon French (frequency #90,213 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,213
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Gard.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soustelle · Soustelle · French

Soustelle · rank #90,213 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,213
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH soutifs

Nearest frequency peer: soutifs (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Soustelle »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Soustelle » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Soustelle
PropertyValue
HeadwordSoustelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sus.tɛl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#90,213
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Soustelle » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Soustelletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « soutifs » (#90,214), « souffrirai » (#90,210), « speaks » (#90,216). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Soustelle » est au #90,213. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Soustelle is uncommon French at frequency #90,213 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \sus.tɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département du Gard.".

Soustelle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Soustelle, spelled S-O-U-S-T-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département du Gard.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Soustelle"?
"Soustelle" is spelled S-O-U-S-T-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sus.tɛl\.
What does "Soustelle" mean?
As a proper noun, "Soustelle" means: Commune française, située dans le département du Gard.
How do you pronounce "Soustelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Soustelle" is \sus.tɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Soustelle" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Soustelle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list