suppléance

\sy.ple.ɑ̃s\

/\sy.ple.ɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“suppléance” is uncommon French (frequency #60,408 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,408
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de suppléer, de remplacer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suppleance · suppléance · French

suppléance · rank #60,408 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,408
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH supplications

Nearest frequency peer: supplications (-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 « suppléance »

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 « suppléance » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for suppléance
PropertyValue
Headwordsuppléance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sy.ple.ɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,408
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « suppléance » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.suppléancetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « supplications » (#60,407), « Surinam » (#60,409), « superlatifs » (#60,406). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « suppléance » est au #60,408. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

suppléance is uncommon French at frequency #60,408 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sy.ple.ɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for suppléance in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is suppléance, spelled S-U-P-P-L-É-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de suppléer, de remplacer.
  2. 2
    Fonction de suppléant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'on organisera la suppléance de tel professeur.
  2. Il est chargé de la suppléance de tel professeur.

This word in other languages

replacement(English)suplencia(Español)Stellvertretung(Deutsch)

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 "suppléance"?
"suppléance" is spelled S-U-P-P-L-É-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.ple.ɑ̃s\.
What does "suppléance" mean?
As a noun, "suppléance" means: Action de suppléer, de remplacer.
How do you pronounce "suppléance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suppléance" is \sy.ple.ɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suppléance" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

synthétisé#60,413succulente#60,402systolique#60,414sémitiques#60,416

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list