supercherie

\sy.pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁi\

/\sy.pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“supercherie” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,503. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,503
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tromperie, fraude ou canular où il entre une certaine finesse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-supercherie · supercherie · French

supercherie · rank #25,503 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,503
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH succomber

Nearest frequency peer: succomber (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « supercherie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « supercherie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for supercherie
PropertyValue
Headwordsupercherie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sy.pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁi\
Letters11
Frequency rank#25,503
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « supercherie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).supercheriese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « succomber » (#25,502), « supplier » (#25,504), « stresser » (#25,501). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « supercherie » est au #25,503. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around supercherie (IPA \sy.pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,503 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tromperie, fraude ou canular où il entre une certaine finesse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for supercherie, with forms such as "spuercherie", "ssupercherie", and "sueprcherie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is supercherie, spelled S-U-P-E-R-C-H-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tromperie, fraude ou canular où il entre une certaine finesse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On ne peut avoir la prétention de défendre au vendeur d’engraisser son cheval, avant la vente, de la manière qui lui convient ; c’est une adresse ou une supercherie qui rend la marchandise attrayante ; […].
  2. Je me doutais bien d’une supercherie, alors même que rien ne me permettait de supposer que vous ne fussiez pas Butteridge.

This word in other languages

deception(English)Irreführung(Deutsch)engano(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • spuercherie
  • ssupercherie
  • sueprcherie
  • supecrherie
  • superccherie
  • supercehrie
  • supercheire
  • supercherei
  • supercherrie
  • superchherie
  • superchreie
  • superhcerie
  • superrcherie
  • suppercherie
  • suprecherie
  • uspercherie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of supercherie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

spuercherie2ssupercherie1sueprcherie2supecrherie2superccherie1supercehrie2supercheire2supercherei2
Edit distance from "supercherie"

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 "supercherie"?
"supercherie" is spelled S-U-P-E-R-C-H-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁi\.
What does "supercherie" mean?
As a noun, "supercherie" means: Tromperie, fraude ou canular où il entre une certaine finesse.
What are common misspellings of "supercherie"?
Common misspellings include "spuercherie", "ssupercherie", "sueprcherie", "supecrherie", "superccherie". The correct spelling is "supercherie".
How do you pronounce "supercherie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "supercherie" is \sy.pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "supercherie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sanguinaire#25,494saisonnière#25,491typographie#25,518réhabiliter#25,486

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

vénézuélien16 variantsnorvégiens16 variantscongénères16 variantsconsulting16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list