supérieurs

\sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\

/\sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“supérieurs” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,995. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,995
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-superieurs · supérieurs · French

supérieurs · rank #4,995 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,995
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH spéciaux

Nearest frequency peer: spéciaux (-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 « supérieurs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « supérieurs » 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).

supérieurs vs superviseurs
75% similar
supérieurs vs supérieur
90% similar
supérieurs vs supérieure
90% similar

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

Key facts for supérieurs
PropertyValue
Headwordsupérieurs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,995
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « supérieurs »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).supérieursse 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 « spéciaux » (#4,994), « suspension » (#4,996), « spécialisée » (#4,993). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « supérieurs » est au #4,995. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around supérieurs (IPA \sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,995 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de supérieur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for supérieurs, with forms such as "spuérieurs", "ssupérieurs", and "superieurs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "superviseurs", "supérieur", "supérieure", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists 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 supérieurs, spelled S-U-P-É-R-I-E-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de supérieur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le seul avantage qu’on puisse lui reconnaître, c’est de suréchauffer la vapeur et de l’empêcher d’entraîner avec elle une aussi grande quantité d’eau; mais les conduits supérieurs ont l’inconvénient de chauffer la chaudière au-dessus du niveau de l’eau, et s’il existe de la flamme dans leur intérieur, la tôle de la chaudière sera inévitablement brûlée au…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • spuérieurs
  • ssupérieurs
  • superieurs
  • suppérieurs
  • supréieurs
  • supéireurs
  • supéreiurs
  • supérierus
  • supérieurrs
  • supérieurss
  • supérieusr
  • supériuers
  • supérrieurs
  • suéprieurs
  • uspérieurs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of supérieurs - 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.

spuérieurs2ssupérieurs1superieurs1suppérieurs1supréieurs2supéireurs2supéreiurs2supérierus2
Edit distance from "supérieurs"

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 "supérieurs"?
"supérieurs" is spelled S-U-P-É-R-I-E-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\.
What does "supérieurs" mean?
As an adjective, "supérieurs" means: Masculin pluriel de supérieur.
What words are commonly confused with "supérieurs"?
"supérieurs" is commonly confused with "superviseurs", "supérieur", "supérieure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "supérieurs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "supérieurs" 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 "supérieurs" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list