suaire

\sɥɛʁ\

/\sɥɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“suaire” is uncommon French (frequency #53,009 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,009
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Linge qui couvre le visage d’un défunt.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suaire · suaire · French

suaire · rank #53,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,009
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stravinsky

Nearest frequency peer: Stravinsky (-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 « suaire »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for suaire
PropertyValue
Headwordsuaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɥɛʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#53,009
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « suaire » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.suairetombe 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: « Stravinsky » (#53,008), « succédèrent » (#53,010), « strangulation » (#53,007). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « suaire » est au #53,009. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

suaire is uncommon French at frequency #53,009 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɥɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for suaire in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 suaire, spelled S-U-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Linge qui couvre le visage d’un défunt.
  2. 2
    Linceul dans lequel on ensevelit un mort.
  3. 3
    Enveloppe de caoutchouc dont on couvre son corps pour provoquer une sudation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how suaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Durant notre veillée mortuaire, ma mère se levait quelquefois, soulevait le suaire et sa longue figure durcissait encore son air revêche.
  2. Quand on le vit sortir le premier de la tombe et paraître au jour dans son suaire, bien conservé comme lui, l’émotion fut grande […]

This word in other languages

shroud(English)sudario(Español)mortalha(Português)

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 "suaire"?
"suaire" is spelled S-U-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɥɛʁ\.
What does "suaire" mean?
As a noun, "suaire" means: Linge qui couvre le visage d’un défunt.
How do you pronounce "suaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suaire" is \sɥɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suaire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

stitch#53,004talkie#53,021scénar#52,986schizo#52,983

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list