super-héros

\sy.pɛʁ e.ʁo\

/\sy.pɛʁ e.ʁo\/ noun

The verdict

“super-héros” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personnage de fiction doté de super-pouvoirs, et les utilisant pour le bien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-super-heros · super-héros · French

super-héros · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for super-héros
PropertyValue
Headwordsuper-héros
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sy.pɛʁ e.ʁo\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « super-héros » en français

super-hérosreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

super-héros is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sy.pɛʁ e.ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personnage de fiction doté de super-pouvoirs, et les utilisant pour le bien.".

super-héros has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is super-héros, spelled S-U-P-E-R---H-É-R-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personnage de fiction doté de super-pouvoirs, et les utilisant pour le bien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Impossible ! Pourquoi ? — Parce que tu ne connais pas la loi de la droite vers la gauche ! — La loi de la droite vers la gauche ? — Les super-héros japonais ont hérité du théâtre classique japonais. La plupart d’entre eux lancent leurs super-attaques de la droite en se déplaçant vers la gauche ! »
  2. « Kéké » ne revêtira donc pas sa cape de super-héros pour sauver une nouvelle fois une équipe de France en détresse.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "super-héros"?
"super-héros" is spelled S-U-P-E-R---H-É-R-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.pɛʁ e.ʁo\.
What does "super-héros" mean?
As a noun, "super-héros" means: Personnage de fiction doté de super-pouvoirs, et les utilisant pour le bien.
How do you pronounce "super-héros"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "super-héros" is \sy.pɛʁ e.ʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "super-héros" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list