supplétif
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The verdict
“supplétif” is uncommon French (frequency #89,215 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,215
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui complète ; qui sert de supplément.
Corpus desk
Index FR-suppletif · supplétif · French
supplétif · rank #89,215 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,215
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH superbus
Nearest frequency peer: superbus (-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 « supplétif »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sucker
sucker
10,790 corpus weight
- suffragants
suffragants
10,789 corpus weight
- superbus
superbus
10,787 corpus weight
- supplétif
supplétif
10,786 corpus weight
- surimi
surimi
10,785 corpus weight
- surrénale
surrénale
10,784 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « supplétif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | supplétif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sy.ple.tif\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #89,215 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « supplétif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
supplétif is uncommon French at frequency #89,215 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sy.ple.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for supplétif in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists 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 supplétif, spelled S-U-P-P-L-É-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui complète ; qui sert de supplément.
- 2Qui est utilisé quand on ne peut s’appuyer sur un autre texte.
- 3Qualifie des combattants recrutés sur place pour compléter l’armée régulière.
- 4Relatif à la supplétion. Dont l’étymologie est différente de celle des autres formes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how supplétif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Articles supplétifs.
Les acheteurs sont ainsi invités à donner leur avis sur la fixation à titre supplétif, dans les CCAG, d’un montant d’avance supérieur au taux minimal fixé par la réglementation, et à indiquer quel taux leur semble envisageable. De même, sont-ils favorables à l’indication supplétive d’un taux de retenue de garantie plus faible que le taux maximal imposé, o…
This word in other languages
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).