sud-est

\sy.d‿ɛst\

/\sy.d‿ɛst\/ noun

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.

Key facts for sud-est
PropertyValue
Headwordsud-est
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sy.d‿ɛst\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sud-est » en français

sud-estsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Point de l’horizon qui est entre le sud et l’est. Il correspond à l'azimut 135°.
  2. 2
    Vent qui souffle entre le sud et l’est.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sud-est appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sud-est"?
"sud-est" is spelled S-U-D---E-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.d‿ɛst\.
What does "sud-est" mean?
As a noun, "sud-est" means: Point de l’horizon qui est entre le sud et l’est. Il correspond à l'azimut 135°.
How do you pronounce "sud-est"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sud-est" is \sy.d‿ɛst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sud-est" come from?
"sud-est" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list