superficialité

\sy.pɛʁ.fi.sja.li.te\

/\sy.pɛʁ.fi.sja.li.te\/ noun

The verdict

“superficialité” is uncommon French (frequency #62,655 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,655
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui est superficiel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-superficialite · superficialité · French

superficialité · rank #62,655 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,655
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH suo

Nearest frequency peer: suo (-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 « superficialité »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for superficialité
PropertyValue
Headwordsuperficialité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sy.pɛʁ.fi.sja.li.te\
Letters14
Frequency rank#62,655
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « superficialité » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.superficialitétombe 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: « suo » (#62,654), « sures » (#62,656), « sulfates » (#62,653). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « superficialité » est au #62,655. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

superficialité is uncommon French at frequency #62,655 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sy.pɛʁ.fi.sja.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État de ce qui est superficiel.".

superficialité doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is superficialité, spelled S-U-P-E-R-F-I-C-I-A-L-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de ce qui est superficiel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans la légèreté et même la superficialité de ce garçon, il y avait quelque chose qui plaisait à Violaine. Après tout, elle aussi vivait au jour le jour, avec son fardeau sur le cœur.
  2. Mais, après tout, sans parler de nos penseurs médiatiques arguant de la profondeur de leur réflexion pour rivaliser de superficialité […]

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 "superficialité"?
"superficialité" is spelled S-U-P-E-R-F-I-C-I-A-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.pɛʁ.fi.sja.li.te\.
What does "superficialité" mean?
As a noun, "superficialité" means: État de ce qui est superficiel.
How do you pronounce "superficialité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "superficialité" is \sy.pɛʁ.fi.sja.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list