superposer
\sy.pɛʁ.po.ze\
The verdict
“superposer” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,210. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,210
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poser une ligne, une surface, un corps sur un autre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-superposer · superposer · French
superposer · rank #44,210 · 15 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,210
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH substituant
Nearest frequency peer: substituant (-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 « superposer »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- student
student
55,794 corpus weight
- stylistes
stylistes
55,793 corpus weight
- substituant
substituant
55,792 corpus weight
- superposer
superposer
55,791 corpus weight
- surfait
surfait
55,790 corpus weight
- séparatisme
séparatisme
55,789 corpus weight
What this shows « superposer » 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 | superposer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sy.pɛʁ.po.ze\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #44,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « superposer »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around superposer (IPA \sy.pɛʁ.po.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,210 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for superposer, with forms such as "spuerposer", "ssuperposer", and "sueprposer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "supposer", "superviser", "superposés", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 superposer, spelled S-U-P-E-R-P-O-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Poser une ligne, une surface, un corps sur un autre.
- 2Venir par dessus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how superposer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les yeux étant latéraux, les deux champs visuels ne se superposent pas, d'où s'ensuit que le crapaud ne devrait guère avoir le sentiment du relief.
C'était l'enfer quand je devais débarquer tout seul des frigos américains, et il y en avait beaucoup. Ils faisaient au moins dans les 40 kilos. C'était très dur aussi quand il fallait se mettre à deux pour superposer tout un stock de lave-linge très lourds aussi.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- spuerposer
- ssuperposer
- sueprposer
- supeproser
- superopser
- superpoesr
- superposerr
- superposre
- superposser
- superpposer
- superpsoer
- superrposer
- supperposer
- supreposer
- usperposer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of superposer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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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).