supersonique
\sy.pɛʁ.sɔ.nik\
The verdict
“supersonique” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,635. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,635
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Supérieur à la vitesse du son.
Corpus desk
Index FR-supersonique · supersonique · French
supersonique · rank #42,635 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,635
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 394,209
- PHOTO-FINISH strategy
Nearest frequency peer: strategy (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “supersonique”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Staps
Staps
57,369 corpus weight
- steward
steward
57,368 corpus weight
- strategy
strategy
57,367 corpus weight
- supersonique
supersonique
57,366 corpus weight
- supportez
supportez
57,365 corpus weight
- suprêmes
suprêmes
57,364 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “supersonique” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | supersonique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sy.pɛʁ.sɔ.nik\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #42,635 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “supersonique” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around supersonique (IPA \sy.pɛʁ.sɔ.nik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,635 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Supérieur à la vitesse du son.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for supersonique, with forms such as "spuersonique", "ssupersonique", and "sueprsonique". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is supersonique, spelled S-U-P-E-R-S-O-N-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Supérieur à la vitesse du son.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how supersonique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un véhicule supersonique est un véhicule capable de se déplacer à une vitesse supérieure à la vitesse du son qui est de l'ordre de 343 mètres par seconde (environ 1235 kilomètres par heure ou Mach 1) dans de l'air à 20°C au niveau de la mer.
À côté de ces deux champions du luxe qui caracolent autour de l’héritière de L’Oréal, Serge Dassault, classé 4ᵉ, la joue moins supersonique, en passant néanmoins de 16,1 à 22 milliards, grâce aux ventes d’armes, de Rafale, etc., dans le monde.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- spuersonique
- ssupersonique
- sueprsonique
- superosnique
- superrsonique
- supersnoique
- supersoinque
- supersoniqeu
- supersoniqque
- supersoniuqe
- supersonnique
- supersonqiue
- superssonique
- supesronique
- suppersonique
- supresonique
- uspersonique
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of supersonique - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "supersonique", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.