supion
\sy.pjɔ̃\
The verdict
“supion” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Seiche naine, sépiole.
Corpus desk
Index FR-supion · supion · French
supion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | supion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sy.pjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « supion » en français
Rare enough to double-check
supion is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sy.pjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for supion in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 supion, spelled S-U-P-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Seiche naine, sépiole.
- 2Dans le Sud de la France, désigne aussi l’encornet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how supion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je ne parlerai pas de supion, ce poisson si exquis, mais si rare, — qu’on en vend dix fois plus qu’on en pêche ; — des andouillettes « composées avec la chair des petits cochons sauvages qui se nourrissent d’aromates sur les coteaux des Alpes. »
La surprise venant d’un "supion au lait de coco", d'une "sardine au pain perdu", d'une "patte de poulet grillée", d’une "peau de lait bouillie à la truffe d’Alba", d’un "gibier d’automne à la mandarine", d’une "rose d’artichaud" ou encore d’un "lièvre à la royale façon Feran".
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.