supplement
\ˈsʌp.lɪ.mənt\
The verdict
“supplement” is uncommon French (frequency #58,965 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,965
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Supplément.
Corpus desk
Index FR-supplement · supplement · French
supplement · rank #58,965 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,965
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH superpuissance
Nearest frequency peer: superpuissance (-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 “supplement”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- suchet
suchet
41,039 corpus weight
- Suissesse
Suissesse
41,038 corpus weight
- superpuissa…
superpuissance
41,037 corpus weight
- supplement
supplement
41,036 corpus weight
- surplombent
surplombent
41,035 corpus weight
- surprenez
surprenez
41,034 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “supplement” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | supplement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈsʌp.lɪ.mənt\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,965 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “supplement” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
supplement is uncommon French at frequency #58,965 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈsʌp.lɪ.mənt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for supplement, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is supplement, spelled S-U-P-P-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Supplément.
- 2Addition, appendice.
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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