SPS
\ɛs.pe.ɛs\
The verdict
“SPS” is uncommon French (frequency #56,285 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,285
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abréviation de Système de production sous-marin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sps · SPS · French
SPS · rank #56,285 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,285
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH spécifiés
Nearest frequency peer: spécifiés (+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 « SPS »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- souvenue
souvenue
43,720 corpus weight
- soyer
soyer
43,719 corpus weight
- spinal
spinal
43,718 corpus weight
- SPS
SPS
43,716 corpus weight
- spécifiés
spécifiés
43,715 corpus weight
- stardust
stardust
43,713 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « SPS » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | SPS |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.pe.ɛs\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #56,285 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « SPS » en français
Rare enough to double-check
SPS is uncommon French at frequency #56,285 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.pe.ɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abréviation de Système de production sous-marin.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for SPS, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is SPS, spelled S-P-S.
Definition
- 1Abréviation de Système de production sous-marin.
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.
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