supérieures

\sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\

/\sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“supérieures” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,404. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,404
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de supérieur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-superieures · supérieures · French

supérieures · rank #5,404 · 16 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,404
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH soyons

Nearest frequency peer: soyons (-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 « supérieures »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « supérieures » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

supérieures vs supérieurs
91% similar
supérieures vs supérieur
82% similar
supérieures vs supérieure
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for supérieures
PropertyValue
Headwordsupérieures
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#5,404
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « supérieures »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.supérieuresse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « soyons » (#5,403), « sincèrement » (#5,402), « tim » (#5,406). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « supérieures » est au #5,404. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around supérieures (IPA \sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,404 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de supérieur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for supérieures, with forms such as "spuérieures", "ssupérieures", and "superieures". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "supérieurs", "supérieur", "supérieure", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is supérieures, spelled S-U-P-É-R-I-E-U-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de supérieur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Eux aussi appréciaient la belle ouvrage, le bord bien tiré, le cap suivi au mètre près, le foc impeccablement étarqué, ni trop, ni trop peu, la voile serrée à la limite du frisottage de ses parties supérieures.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • spuérieures
  • ssupérieures
  • superieures
  • suppérieures
  • supréieures
  • supéireures
  • supéreiures
  • supérierues
  • supérieuers
  • supérieuress
  • supérieurres
  • supérieurse
  • supériueres
  • supérrieures
  • suéprieures
  • uspérieures

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of supérieures - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

spuérieures2ssupérieures1superieures1suppérieures1supréieures2supéireures2supéreiures2supérierues2
Edit distance from "supérieures"

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 "supérieures"?
"supérieures" is spelled S-U-P-É-R-I-E-U-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\.
What does "supérieures" mean?
As an adjective, "supérieures" means: Féminin pluriel de supérieur.
What words are commonly confused with "supérieures"?
"supérieures" is commonly confused with "supérieurs", "supérieur", "supérieure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "supérieures"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "supérieures" is \sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "supérieures" come from?
"supérieures" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list