soutenais

\su.t(ə.)nɛ\

/\su.t(ə.)nɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“soutenais” is uncommon French (frequency #72,752 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,752
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de soutenir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soutenais · soutenais · French

soutenais · rank #72,752 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,752
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH soutenabilité

Nearest frequency peer: soutenabilité (-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 « soutenais »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for soutenais
PropertyValue
Headwordsoutenais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\su.t(ə.)nɛ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#72,752
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « soutenais » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).soutenaistombe 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: « soutenabilité » (#72,751), « soulagera » (#72,750), « spirite » (#72,754). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soutenais » est au #72,752. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

soutenais is uncommon French at frequency #72,752 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \su.t(ə.)nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for soutenais, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is soutenais, spelled S-O-U-T-E-N-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de soutenir.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de soutenir.

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 "soutenais"?
"soutenais" is spelled S-O-U-T-E-N-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \su.t(ə.)nɛ\.
What does "soutenais" mean?
As a verb, "soutenais" means: Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de soutenir.
How do you pronounce "soutenais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soutenais" is \su.t(ə.)nɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soutenais" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

soulagera#72,750stipulées#72,762surhommes#72,774sauveront#72,725

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list