soustractions

\sus.tʁak.sjɔ̃\

/\sus.tʁak.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“soustractions” is uncommon French (frequency #70,223 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,223
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de soustraction.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soustractions · soustractions · French

soustractions · rank #70,223 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,223
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH soum

Nearest frequency peer: soum (-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 « soustractions »

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 « soustractions » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for soustractions
PropertyValue
Headwordsoustractions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sus.tʁak.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#70,223
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « soustractions » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.soustractionstombe 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: « soum » (#70,222), « souhaitera » (#70,221), « spectaculairement » (#70,225). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soustractions » est au #70,223. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

soustractions is uncommon French at frequency #70,223 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sus.tʁak.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de soustraction.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for soustractions in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is soustractions, spelled S-O-U-S-T-R-A-C-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de soustraction.

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 "soustractions"?
"soustractions" is spelled S-O-U-S-T-R-A-C-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sus.tʁak.sjɔ̃\.
What does "soustractions" mean?
As a noun, "soustractions" means: Pluriel de soustraction.
How do you pronounce "soustractions"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soustractions" is \sus.tʁak.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soustractions" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

soubassements#70,220scintillement#70,203réaffectation#70,182transsibérien#70,283

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list