sprite

\spʁajt\

/\spʁajt\/ noun

The verdict

“sprite” is uncommon French (frequency #53,645 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,645
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Image en deux dimensions partiellement transparente affichée à l’écran par-dessus un ensemble d’autres images.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sprite · sprite · French

sprite · rank #53,645 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,645
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH squelettiques

Nearest frequency peer: squelettiques (+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 « sprite »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sprite
PropertyValue
Headwordsprite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\spʁajt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#53,645
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sprite » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).spritetombe 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: « squelettiques » (#53,646), « souhaités » (#53,643), « stratifié » (#53,647). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sprite » est au #53,645. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sprite is uncommon French at frequency #53,645 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \spʁajt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Image en deux dimensions partiellement transparente affichée à l’écran par-dessus un ensemble d’autres images.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sprite, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sprite, spelled S-P-R-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Image en deux dimensions partiellement transparente affichée à l’écran par-dessus un ensemble d’autres images.

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); 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 "sprite"?
"sprite" is spelled S-P-R-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \spʁajt\.
What does "sprite" mean?
As a noun, "sprite" means: Image en deux dimensions partiellement transparente affichée à l’écran par-dessus un ensemble d’autres images.
How do you pronounce "sprite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sprite" is \spʁajt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sprite" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list