sundae

\sœn.dɛ\

/\sœn.dɛ\/ noun

The verdict

“sundae” is uncommon French (frequency #74,407 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,407
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coupe glacée avec du coulis de fruit ou une sauce au chocolat.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sundae · sundae · French

sundae · rank #74,407 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,407
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stooges

Nearest frequency peer: stooges (-2 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 « sundae »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sundae
PropertyValue
Headwordsundae
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sœn.dɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#74,407
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sundae » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sundaetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « stooges » (#74,405), « superpuissances » (#74,409), « supervisés » (#74,410). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sundae » est au #74,407. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sundae is uncommon French at frequency #74,407 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sœn.dɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Coupe glacée avec du coulis de fruit ou une sauce au chocolat.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for sundae in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sundae, spelled S-U-N-D-A-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Coupe glacée avec du coulis de fruit ou une sauce au chocolat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En fait, Edna ne possédait aucune économie et, jusqu’au matin de ses noces, versait son salaire entier à sa mère, qui lui remettait l’argent de poche grâce auquel elle se payait le cinéma et les sundaes.
  2. Je voudrais un sundae […] Glace vanille — attention, ni glace au yogourt, ni milkshake et rien qui soit sans sucre ou basses calories — avec du fondant au chocolat et de la crème fouettée.

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 "sundae"?
"sundae" is spelled S-U-N-D-A-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sœn.dɛ\.
What does "sundae" mean?
As a noun, "sundae" means: Coupe glacée avec du coulis de fruit ou une sauce au chocolat.
How do you pronounce "sundae"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sundae" is \sœn.dɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sundae" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list