suffragant

adj

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The verdict

“suffragant” is uncommon French (frequency #92,228 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,228
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui dépend de tel archevêque, en parlant d’un évêque, suppléant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suffragant · suffragant · French

suffragant · rank #92,228 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,228
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH supervisant

Nearest frequency peer: supervisant (+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 « suffragant »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « suffragant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for suffragant
PropertyValue
Headwordsuffragant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#92,228
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « suffragant » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.suffraganttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « supervisant » (#92,229), « sucez » (#92,226), « supraconducteur » (#92,230). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « suffragant » est au #92,228. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

suffragant is uncommon French at frequency #92,228 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for suffragant, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is suffragant, spelled S-U-F-F-R-A-G-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui dépend de tel archevêque, en parlant d’un évêque, suppléant.
  2. 2
    Qualifie un pasteur protestant qui en assiste un autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les évêques de Chartres, de Meaux, d’Orléans et de Blois sont suffragants de l’archevêque de Paris.
  2. Jaffa sous la domination des chrétiens avait un évêque suffragant du siège de Césarée.

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 "suffragant"?
"suffragant" is spelled S-U-F-F-R-A-G-A-N-T.
What does "suffragant" mean?
As an adjective, "suffragant" means: Qui dépend de tel archevêque, en parlant d’un évêque, suppléant.
What language does "suffragant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "suffragant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

surpassera#92,232sylvestres#92,235soustraite#92,210souciaient#92,209

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list