superior
\zupəˈʁi̯oːɐ̯\
The verdict
“superior” is uncommon French (frequency #53,013 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,013
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Supérieur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-superior · superior · French
superior · rank #53,013 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,013
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH suggérées
Nearest frequency peer: suggérées (-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 « superior »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- suaire
suaire
46,992 corpus weight
- succédèrent
succédèrent
46,991 corpus weight
- suggérées
suggérées
46,989 corpus weight
- superior
superior
46,988 corpus weight
- supportais
supportais
46,987 corpus weight
- symbolisée
symbolisée
46,986 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « superior » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | superior |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \zupəˈʁi̯oːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,013 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « superior » en français
Rare enough to double-check
superior is uncommon French at frequency #53,013 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \zupəˈʁi̯oːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Supérieur.".
Zero misspellings are on record for superior in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 superior, spelled S-U-P-E-R-I-O-R.
Definition
- 1Supérieur.
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.
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