substância
\subˈ.ʃtɐ̃.sjɐ\
The verdict
“substância” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tissu, étoffe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-substancia · substância · French
substância · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | substância |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \subˈ.ʃtɐ̃.sjɐ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « substância » en français
Rare enough to double-check
substância is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \subˈ.ʃtɐ̃.sjɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for substância, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is substância, spelled S-U-B-S-T-Â-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Tissu, étoffe.
- 2Substance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how substância appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wang já tinha anteriormente envenenado o marido com a mesma substância, adquirida via 'online' dois anos antes. O marido sobreviveu.
Um almofariz de laboratório é um utensílio usado principalmente para moer, triturar ou pulverizar substâncias sólidas.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.