soutirage
\su.ti.ʁaʒ\
The verdict
“soutirage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de soutirer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-soutirage · soutirage · French
soutirage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | soutirage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \su.ti.ʁaʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « soutirage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
soutirage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \su.ti.ʁaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for soutirage in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is soutirage, spelled S-O-U-T-I-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de soutirer.
- 2Raccordement direct d’un poste de distribution à un poste d’interconnexion, sans passer par le réseau de transport.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how soutirage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est le moment de faire le soutirage du vin.
La vocation des postes de soutirage […] est, rappelons-le, l’alimentation des réseaux HT (90 ou 63 kV) régionaux à partir du réseau à 400 kV par une transformation directe de 400 kV en HT.
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.