subterfuges
\syp.tɛʁ.fyʒ\
The verdict
“subterfuges” is uncommon French (frequency #70,242 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,242
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de subterfuge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-subterfuges · subterfuges · French
subterfuges · rank #70,242 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,242
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH subsistances
Nearest frequency peer: subsistances (-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 « subterfuges »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- stylisés
stylisés
29,762 corpus weight
- subdivisé
subdivisé
29,761 corpus weight
- subsistances
subsistances
29,760 corpus weight
- subterfuges
subterfuges
29,759 corpus weight
- sunt
sunt
29,758 corpus weight
- superposant
superposant
29,757 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « subterfuges » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subterfuges |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \syp.tɛʁ.fyʒ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #70,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « subterfuges » en français
Rare enough to double-check
subterfuges is uncommon French at frequency #70,242 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \syp.tɛʁ.fyʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de subterfuge.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for subterfuges, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is subterfuges, spelled S-U-B-T-E-R-F-U-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de subterfuge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how subterfuges appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La difficulté que l’on éprouve à les capter et à les circonscrire tient au fait que ces signes sont moins émis que désémis, raturés dès leur esquisse, esquivés dès leur inscription, résultat brouillé de dénégations, subterfuges, confusions, manœuvres de déplacements, dépenses compensatoires, où le jeu de l’écriture et le jeu social (pour simplifier une op…
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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