subordination

Name: subordination, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\

/\sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“subordination” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,753. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,753
frequency rank, French: 6,032
“S” headwords: 19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ordre établi entre des personnes et qui fait que les unes dépendent des autres dans une relation de pouvoir unidirectionnelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-subordination · subordination · French

subordination · rank #31,753 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #31,753
LEN-MEGA 13 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 19 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,032
PHOTO-FINISH stupéfaction

Nearest frequency peer: stupéfaction (-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.

Stanton

68,251
steppes

68,250
stupéfaction

68,249
subordinati…

68,248
supp

68,247
surdoué

68,246

What this shows « subordination » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Key facts for subordination
Property	Value
Headword	subordination
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#31,753
Misspellings tracked	19
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « subordination »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).subordinationse place ici:

#31,753

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « stupéfaction » (#31,752), « supp » (#31,754), « steppes » (#31,751). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « subordination » est au #31,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around subordination (IPA \sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,753 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for subordination, with forms such as "sbuordination", "ssubordination", and "subbordination". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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.

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 subordination, spelled S-U-B-O-R-D-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

1
Ordre établi entre des personnes et qui fait que les unes dépendent des autres dans une relation de pouvoir unidirectionnelle.
2
Dépendance d’une personne à l’égard d’une autre.
3
Dépendance où certaines choses sont à l’égard d’autres.
4
Action d’unir une proposition secondaire à une proposition principale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Il comprenait qu’il avait suffi au capitaine et à ses adjoints de dire devant les chefs indigènes combien ils condamnaient l’attitude du docteur et combien sa fréquentation était peu désirable pour ses chefs pour qu’ils fussent obligés, dans leur subordination absolue, de l’abandonner...
Tous deux, comme moi, sont grouillots mais un peu distants tout de même, une sorte de grouillots chefs qui ne m'appellent que « Petit Pierre » ce que je n'apprécie pas trop, mais je souhaite tellement être des leurs que j'accepte cette sorte de subordination.

This word in other languages

subordination(English)Unterordnung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

sbuordination
ssubordination
subbordination
subodrination
suborddination
subordiantion
subordinaiton
subordinatino
subordinationn
subordinatoin
subordinattion
subordinnation
subordintaion
subordniation
suboridnation
suborrdination
subrodination
suobrdination
usbordination

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of subordination - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "subordination"

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 "subordination"?

"subordination" is spelled S-U-B-O-R-D-I-N-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\.

What does "subordination" mean?

As a noun, "subordination" means: Ordre établi entre des personnes et qui fait que les unes dépendent des autres dans une relation de pouvoir unidirectionnelle.

What are common misspellings of "subordination"?

Common misspellings include "sbuordination", "ssubordination", "subbordination", "subodrination", "suborddination". The correct spelling is "subordination".

How do you pronounce "subordination"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "subordination" is \sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "subordination" come from?

"subordination" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rééquilibrage#31,724 réutilisation#31,720 époustouflant#31,793 ressemblances#31,691

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

stupéfaction19 variants souhaiteraient19 variants répartitions19 variants accompagnateur19 variants