successeur de saint Pierre
\syk.sɛ.sœʁ də sɛ̃ pjɛʁ\
The verdict
“successeur de saint Pierre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pape.
Corpus desk
Index FR-successeur-de-saint-pier · successeur de saint Pierre · French
successeur de saint Pierre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 26 letters
- VOW-10 10 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 | successeur de saint Pierre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \syk.sɛ.sœʁ də sɛ̃ pjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
successeur de saint Pierre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \syk.sɛ.sœʁ də sɛ̃ pjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for successeur de saint Pierre, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is successeur de saint Pierre, spelled S-U-C-C-E-S-S-E-U-R- -D-E- -S-A-I-N-T- -P-I-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Pape.
- 2Titre traditionnellement attribué au pape.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how successeur de saint Pierre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les projecteurs du monde entier sont braqués sur le Vatican. Alors que le conclave, c’est-à-dire la réunion des cardinaux en vue d’élire le successeur de saint Pierre approche, les expressions maladroites ou incorrectes sont légion.
Le pape, évêque de Rome et successeur de Saint-Pierre, est le principe et le fondement perpétuel et visible de l’unité de l’Église.
Synonyms
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.