sulfuré

\syl.fy.ʁe\

/\syl.fy.ʁe\/ adj

The verdict

“sulfuré” is uncommon French (frequency #99,676 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,676
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est combiné avec le soufre, sans oxygène.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sulfure · sulfuré · French

sulfuré · rank #99,676 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,676
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sulfamides

Nearest frequency peer: sulfamides (-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 « sulfuré »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sulfuré
PropertyValue
Headwordsulfuré
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\syl.fy.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#99,676
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sulfuré » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sulfurétombe 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: « sulfamides » (#99,675), « sumérienne » (#99,677), « subsistante » (#99,673). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sulfuré » est au #99,676. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sulfuré is uncommon French at frequency #99,676 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \syl.fy.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est combiné avec le soufre, sans oxygène.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sulfuré, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sulfuré, spelled S-U-L-F-U-R-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est combiné avec le soufre, sans oxygène.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Hydrogène sulfuré.
  2. Interpellé à ce sujet, le premier adjoint à la mairie de Paris Emmanuel Grégoire a expliqué qu’« aucun incendie ou incident industriel » n’avait été signalé et que « l’odeur sulfurée pourrait être liée aux fortes précipitations ».

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 "sulfuré"?
"sulfuré" is spelled S-U-L-F-U-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is \syl.fy.ʁe\.
What does "sulfuré" mean?
As an adjective, "sulfuré" means: Qui est combiné avec le soufre, sans oxygène.
How do you pronounce "sulfuré"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sulfuré" is \syl.fy.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sulfuré" come from?
"sulfuré" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list