sud-est
\sy.d‿ɛst\
The verdict
“sud-est” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Point de l’horizon qui est entre le sud et l’est. Il correspond à l'azimut 135°.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sud-est · sud-est · French
sud-est · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | sud-est |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sy.d‿ɛst\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sud-est is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sy.d‿ɛst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sud-est has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 sud-est, spelled S-U-D---E-S-T.
Definition
- 1Point de l’horizon qui est entre le sud et l’est. Il correspond à l'azimut 135°.
- 2Vent qui souffle entre le sud et l’est.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sud-est appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À Sétif (300 km au sud-est d’Alger), deux personnes ont été mortellement asphyxiées dans leur domicile par les fumées provenant d’un incendie qui s’est déclenché à proximité de leur village.
Le lendemain, au petit jour, je n'aperçois plus la terre et mes observations me montrent que j'ai été déporté à trente milles au Sud-Est.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.