sweatshirt

\swɛt.ʃœʁt\

/\swɛt.ʃœʁt\/ noun

The verdict

“sweatshirt” is uncommon French (frequency #77,069 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,069
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de sweat-shirt, mais moins fréquente.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sweatshirt · sweatshirt · French

sweatshirt · rank #77,069 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,069
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH symptomatolog…

Nearest frequency peer: symptomatologie (+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 « sweatshirt »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sweatshirt » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sweatshirt
PropertyValue
Headwordsweatshirt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\swɛt.ʃœʁt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#77,069
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sweatshirt » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sweatshirttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « symptomatologie » (#77,070), « survols » (#77,067), « systématiser » (#77,071). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sweatshirt » est au #77,069. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sweatshirt is uncommon French at frequency #77,069 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \swɛt.ʃœʁt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de sweat-shirt, mais moins fréquente.".

No misspelling variants are generated for sweatshirt in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sweatshirt, spelled S-W-E-A-T-S-H-I-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante orthographique de sweat-shirt, mais moins fréquente.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sweatshirt"?
"sweatshirt" is spelled S-W-E-A-T-S-H-I-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \swɛt.ʃœʁt\.
What does "sweatshirt" mean?
As a noun, "sweatshirt" means: Variante orthographique de sweat-shirt, mais moins fréquente.
How do you pronounce "sweatshirt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sweatshirt" is \swɛt.ʃœʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sweatshirt" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sweatshirt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list