Suissesse

\sɥi.sɛs\

/\sɥi.sɛs\/ noun

The verdict

“Suissesse” is uncommon French (frequency #58,963 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,963
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Habitante ou originaire de la Suisse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suissesse · Suissesse · French

Suissesse · rank #58,963 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,963
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH suchet

Nearest frequency peer: suchet (-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 « Suissesse »

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 « Suissesse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Suissesse
PropertyValue
HeadwordSuissesse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɥi.sɛs\
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,963
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Suissesse » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « suchet » (#58,962), « superpuissance » (#58,964), « succinctement » (#58,961). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Suissesse » est au #58,963. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Suissesse is uncommon French at frequency #58,963 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɥi.sɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Habitante ou originaire de la Suisse.".

Suissesse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Suissesse, spelled S-U-I-S-S-E-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Habitante ou originaire de la Suisse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Art. 24 Liberté d’établissement 1 Les Suisses et les Suissesses ont le droit de s’établir en un lieu quelconque du pays.
  2. Je reconnus d’abord les Suissesses : elles allaient, majestueusement, et respirant pour tout le monde ; c’étaient de ces femmes que l’on désire par deux, et qui ne sont pas plus complètes, à une seule, qu’un beau cheval.

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); 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 "Suissesse"?
"Suissesse" is spelled S-U-I-S-S-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɥi.sɛs\.
What does "Suissesse" mean?
As a noun, "Suissesse" means: Habitante ou originaire de la Suisse.
How do you pronounce "Suissesse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Suissesse" is \sɥi.sɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Suissesse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list