suppositoire
\sy.po.zi.twaʁ\
The verdict
“suppositoire” is uncommon French (frequency #80,685 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,685
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Médicament solide en forme de cône, que l’on met dans le rectum pour faciliter les évacuations ou pour agir comme véhicule de certains médicaments.
Corpus desk
Index FR-suppositoire · suppositoire · French
suppositoire · rank #80,685 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,685
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH suppléé
Nearest frequency peer: suppléé (-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 « suppositoire »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Sumer
Sumer
19,319 corpus weight
- supervisait
supervisait
19,318 corpus weight
- suppléé
suppléé
19,317 corpus weight
- suppositoire
suppositoire
19,316 corpus weight
- surannée
surannée
19,315 corpus weight
- surimpressi…
surimpression
19,314 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « suppositoire » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | suppositoire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sy.po.zi.twaʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #80,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « suppositoire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
suppositoire is uncommon French at frequency #80,685 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sy.po.zi.twaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
suppositoire has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 suppositoire, spelled S-U-P-P-O-S-I-T-O-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Médicament solide en forme de cône, que l’on met dans le rectum pour faciliter les évacuations ou pour agir comme véhicule de certains médicaments.
- 2Objet oblong.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how suppositoire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deux choses sont à éviter lors de l’administration d’un suppositoire : 1. L’introduire par voie buccale. 2. L’introduire par la partie pointue.
Grimpèrent au premier étage d'une prétentieuse babel de métal, suppositoire par quoi la civilisation parisienne avait cru enchoser Dieu
Synonyms
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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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).