sysop

\si.sɔp\

/\si.sɔp\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Administrateur système.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sysop · sysop · French

sysop · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 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 sysop
PropertyValue
Headwordsysop
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.sɔp\
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sysop » en français

sysopn'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

sysop is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.sɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Administrateur système.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sysop, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sysop, spelled S-Y-S-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Administrateur système.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’accès du particulier à la mémoire de la communauté n’est pas direct ; il requiert le sysop comme l’élève a besoin du maître — mystère de l’Internet qui refuse la parole magistrale à l’école, alors qu’elle est libératrice, pour l’appeler au sein de la communauté.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sysop"?
"sysop" is spelled S-Y-S-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is \si.sɔp\.
What does "sysop" mean?
As a noun, "sysop" means: Administrateur système.
How do you pronounce "sysop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sysop" is \si.sɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sysop" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list