surintendante

\sy.ʁɛ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃t\

/\sy.ʁɛ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃t\/ noun

The verdict

“surintendante” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme responsable de l’administration d’une maison princière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-surintendante · surintendante · French

surintendante · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for surintendante
PropertyValue
Headwordsurintendante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sy.ʁɛ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃t\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « surintendante » en français

surintendanten'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

surintendante is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sy.ʁɛ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for surintendante, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is surintendante, spelled S-U-R-I-N-T-E-N-D-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme responsable de l’administration d’une maison princière.
  2. 2
    Directrice d’une maison d’éducation de la Légion d’honneur.
  3. 3
    Épouse d’un surintendant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le cardinal Mazarin, qui fit tout pour que le comte de Soissons ne se trouvât pas mal marié à sa nièce, venoit d’inventer pour elle la charge jusqu’alors inconnue de surintendante de la maison de la reine, et pour conserver toute préférence à la reine mère avec laquelle il avoit toujours été si uni, à qui il devoit tout, et que le roi respectoit si fort,…
  2. Nommée par décret du Président de la République sur proposition du grand chancelier, Madame Sophie Maraux a pris ce 1ᵉʳ septembre 2021 ses fonctions de surintendante des maisons d’éducation de la Légion d’honneur.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "surintendante"?
"surintendante" is spelled S-U-R-I-N-T-E-N-D-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.ʁɛ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃t\.
What does "surintendante" mean?
As a noun, "surintendante" means: Femme responsable de l’administration d’une maison princière.
How do you pronounce "surintendante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "surintendante" is \sy.ʁɛ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list