supersonic
\ˌsuː.pə.ˈsɒn.ɪk\
The verdict
“supersonic” is uncommon French (frequency #87,188 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,188
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ultrasonore.
Corpus desk
Index FR-supersonic · supersonic · French
supersonic · rank #87,188 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,188
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH suna
Nearest frequency peer: suna (-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 « supersonic »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- strix
strix
12,816 corpus weight
- subsista
subsista
12,815 corpus weight
- suna
suna
12,814 corpus weight
- supersonic
supersonic
12,813 corpus weight
- suppliciés
suppliciés
12,812 corpus weight
- Suva
Suva
12,811 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « supersonic » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | supersonic |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˌsuː.pə.ˈsɒn.ɪk\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #87,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « supersonic » en français
Rare enough to double-check
supersonic is uncommon French at frequency #87,188 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˌsuː.pə.ˈsɒn.ɪk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for supersonic in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is supersonic, spelled S-U-P-E-R-S-O-N-I-C.
Definition
- 1Ultrasonore.
- 2Supersonique.
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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