subtilisé

\syp.ti.li.ze\

/\syp.ti.li.ze\/ verb

The verdict

“subtilisé” is uncommon French (frequency #76,155 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,155
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de subtiliser.

Key facts for subtilisé
PropertyValue
Headwordsubtilisé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\syp.ti.li.ze\
Letters9
Frequency rank#76,155
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “subtilisé” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). subtilisé lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

subtilisé is uncommon French at frequency #76,155 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \syp.ti.li.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de subtiliser.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for subtilisé, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 subtilisé, spelled S-U-B-T-I-L-I-S-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de subtiliser.

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 "subtilisé"?
"subtilisé" is spelled S-U-B-T-I-L-I-S-É. The IPA pronunciation is \syp.ti.li.ze\.
What does "subtilisé" mean?
As a verb, "subtilisé" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de subtiliser.
How do you pronounce "subtilisé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "subtilisé" is \syp.ti.li.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "subtilisé" come from?
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Using “subtilisé”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-U-B-T-I-L-I-S-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \syp.ti.li.ze\ (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

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list