supreme
\ˌsuːˈpɹiːm\
The verdict
“supreme” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #32,610 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #32,610
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Suprême.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | supreme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˌsuːˈpɹiːm\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,610 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “supreme” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for supreme is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˌsuːˈpɹiːm\. Corpus data places it at rank #32,610 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Suprême.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for supreme, with forms such as "spureme", "ssupreme", and "superme". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "sûreté", "suprêmes", "sucrée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is supreme, spelled S-U-P-R-E-M-E.
Definition
- 1Suprême.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: spureme,ssupreme,superme,suppreme,supreem,supremme,suprmee,suprreme,surpeme,uspreme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of supreme - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “supreme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-U-P-R-E-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˌsuːˈpɹiːm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sûreté” - see the side-by-side comparison. supreme vs sûreté
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.