saison
/ˈsɛzɒn/
"saison" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“saison” is uncommon English (frequency #59,687 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,687
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A kind of highly carbonated pale ale.
Corpus desk
Index EN-saison · saison · English
saison · rank #59,687 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,687
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH saboteur
Nearest frequency peer: saboteur (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “saison”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ritually
ritually
40,321 corpus weight
- roadrunner
roadrunner
40,319 corpus weight
- Rolla
Rolla
40,317 corpus weight
- saboteur
saboteur
40,315 corpus weight
- saison
saison
40,314 corpus weight
- Sappho
Sappho
40,311 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “saison” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saison |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɛzɒn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “saison” in English
Rare enough to double-check
saison is uncommon English at frequency #59,687 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɛzɒn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A kind of highly carbonated pale ale.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for saison, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French saison (“season”). Doublet of season. The correct English form is saison, spelled S-A-I-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1A kind of highly carbonated pale ale.
Etymology
From French saison (“season”). Doublet of season.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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