subsidiaire
\syb.zi.djɛʁ\
The verdict
“subsidiaire” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #37,573 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #37,573
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui sert à fortifier un moyen principal, qui vient à l’appui, destiné à suppléer ce qui viendrait à faire défaut.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subsidiaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \syb.zi.djɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #37,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “subsidiaire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for subsidiaire is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \syb.zi.djɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #37,573 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for subsidiaire, with forms such as "sbusidiaire", "ssubsidiaire", and "subbsidiaire". 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. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is subsidiaire, spelled S-U-B-S-I-D-I-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui sert à fortifier un moyen principal, qui vient à l’appui, destiné à suppléer ce qui viendrait à faire défaut.
- 2Qui vient à l’appui d'une chose plus importante, qui constitue un élément accessoire, par surcroît.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sbusidiaire,ssubsidiaire,subbsidiaire,subisdiaire,subsdiiaire,subsidaiire,subsiddiaire,subsidiaier,subsidiairre,subsidiarie,subsidiiare,subsiidaire,subssidiaire,susbidiaire,usbsidiaire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of subsidiaire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “subsidiaire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-U-B-S-I-D-I-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \syb.zi.djɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.