sultanat

\syl.ta.na\

/\syl.ta.na\/ noun

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The verdict

“sultanat” is uncommon French (frequency #52,373 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,373
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mode de gouvernement par un sultan.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sultanat · sultanat · French

sultanat · rank #52,373 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,373
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH succion

Nearest frequency peer: succion (-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 « sultanat »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sultanat
PropertyValue
Headwordsultanat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\syl.ta.na\
Letters8
Frequency rank#52,373
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sultanat » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sultanattombe 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: « succion » (#52,372), « sultans » (#52,374), « succinct » (#52,371). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sultanat » est au #52,373. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sultanat is uncommon French at frequency #52,373 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \syl.ta.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sultanat in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sultanat, spelled S-U-L-T-A-N-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mode de gouvernement par un sultan.
  2. 2
    État, pays, sous la direction d'un sultan.
  3. 3
    Règne d’un sultan.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ils inaugurèrent le sultanat, institution séculière reposant uniquement sur la force.
  2. Le sultanat d’Oman.

This word in other languages

sultanate(English)Sultanat(Deutsch)sultanato(Português)

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 "sultanat"?
"sultanat" is spelled S-U-L-T-A-N-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \syl.ta.na\.
What does "sultanat" mean?
As a noun, "sultanat" means: Mode de gouvernement par un sultan.
How do you pronounce "sultanat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sultanat" is \syl.ta.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sultanat" come from?
"sultanat" 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 "sultanat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

succinct#52,371soupirer#52,363soufisme#52,360tabarnak#52,386

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list