superposent
\sy.pɛʁ.poz\
The verdict
“superposent” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,214. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,214
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de superposer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-superposent · superposent · French
superposent · rank #48,214 · 17 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,214
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH subissaient
Nearest frequency peer: subissaient (-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 « superposent »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- STL
STL
51,790 corpus weight
- stérilet
stérilet
51,789 corpus weight
- subissaient
subissaient
51,788 corpus weight
- superposent
superposent
51,787 corpus weight
- suzeraineté
suzeraineté
51,786 corpus weight
- séparaient
séparaient
51,784 corpus weight
What this shows « superposent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | superposent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sy.pɛʁ.poz\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #48,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « superposent »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around superposent (IPA \sy.pɛʁ.poz\), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,214 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for superposent, with forms such as "spuerposent", "ssuperposent", and "sueprposent". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "supposent", "superposés", "superposer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is superposent, spelled S-U-P-E-R-P-O-S-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de superposer.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de superposer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how superposent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Se superposent ensuite les modes de cuisson, la multiplicité des préparations, certaines archiclassiques.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- spuerposent
- ssuperposent
- sueprposent
- supeprosent
- superopsent
- superpoesnt
- superposennt
- superposentt
- superposetn
- superposnet
- superpossent
- superpposent
- superpsoent
- superrposent
- supperposent
- supreposent
- usperposent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of superposent - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "superposent", 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 (17 here; floor ≥5).