Savoie
/səˈvɔɪ/
"savoie" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Savoie” is uncommon English (frequency #74,480 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,480
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Chambéry (INSEE code 73).
Corpus desk
Index EN-savoie · Savoie · English
Savoie · rank #74,480 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,480
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH scampered
Nearest frequency peer: scampered (+2 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 “Savoie”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sachet
sachet
25,529 corpus weight
- Sakshi
Sakshi
25,527 corpus weight
- Saltzman
Saltzman
25,525 corpus weight
- Savoie
Savoie
25,521 corpus weight
- scampered
scampered
25,519 corpus weight
- scrapper
scrapper
25,517 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Savoie” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Savoie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /səˈvɔɪ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Savoie” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Savoie is uncommon English at frequency #74,480 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /səˈvɔɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Chambéry (INSEE code 73).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Savoie in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Savoie. The correct English form is Savoie, spelled S-A-V-O-I-E.
Definition
- 1A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Chambéry (INSEE code 73).
Etymology
Borrowed from French Savoie.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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