superpositions

\sy.pɛʁ.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\

/\sy.pɛʁ.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“superpositions” is uncommon French (frequency #70,245 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,245
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de superposition.

Corpus desk

Index FR-superpositions · superpositions · French

superpositions · rank #70,245 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,245
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH superposant

Nearest frequency peer: superposant (-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 « superpositions »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « superpositions » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for superpositions
PropertyValue
Headwordsuperpositions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sy.pɛʁ.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#70,245
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « superpositions » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).superpositionstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « superposant » (#70,244), « supportables » (#70,246), « sunt » (#70,243). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « superpositions » est au #70,245. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

superpositions is uncommon French at frequency #70,245 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sy.pɛʁ.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de superposition.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for superpositions, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is superpositions, spelled S-U-P-E-R-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de superposition.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le but est de limiter, autant que possible, les superpositions osseuses (mandibule et basi-occiput). Pour ce faire, on cherche à tangentialiser le rayon incident avec la ligne unissant le bord inférieur des incisives supérieures et la table externe du basi-occiput.

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 "superpositions"?
"superpositions" is spelled S-U-P-E-R-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.pɛʁ.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\.
What does "superpositions" mean?
As a noun, "superpositions" means: Pluriel de superposition.
How do you pronounce "superpositions"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "superpositions" is \sy.pɛʁ.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "superpositions" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list