subsidiarité
\syb.zi.dja.ʁi.te\
The verdict
“subsidiarité” is uncommon French (frequency #54,282 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,282
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui est subsidiaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-subsidiarite · subsidiarité · French
subsidiarité · rank #54,282 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,282
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH subirent
Nearest frequency peer: subirent (-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 « subsidiarité »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- stipulation
stipulation
45,722 corpus weight
- stipulent
stipulent
45,721 corpus weight
- subirent
subirent
45,720 corpus weight
- subsidiarité
subsidiarité
45,719 corpus weight
- substrats
substrats
45,718 corpus weight
- superstruct…
superstructure
45,717 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « subsidiarité » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subsidiarité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \syb.zi.dja.ʁi.te\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #54,282 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « subsidiarité » en français
Rare enough to double-check
subsidiarité is uncommon French at frequency #54,282 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \syb.zi.dja.ʁi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for subsidiarité in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is subsidiarité, spelled S-U-B-S-I-D-I-A-R-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1État de ce qui est subsidiaire.
- 2Principe selon lequel, dans un système politique à plusieurs paliers, chaque compétence est dévolue à l'échelon le plus bas qui soit apte à l'exercer efficacement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how subsidiarité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans le cadre de l’obligation alimentaire, il faut mieux définir la subsidiarité entre la solidarité familiale et celle mise en place par les pouvoirs publics dans le cadre d’une protection sociale organisée.
Le premier principe est celui de la subsidiarité : ne pas faire remonter à l'échelon national ce qui peut-être négocié à l'échelon local.
Synonyms
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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