Cévennes

\se.vɛn\

/\se.vɛn\/ name

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The verdict

“Cévennes” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,273. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,273
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Région naturelle du sud-est de la France.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cevennes · Cévennes · French

Cévennes · rank #25,273 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,273
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH curseur

Nearest frequency peer: curseur (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Cévennes »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Cévennes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Cévennes vs chiennes
63% similar
Cévennes vs cavernes
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Cévennes
PropertyValue
HeadwordCévennes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\se.vɛn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,273
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Cévennes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Cévennesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « curseur » (#25,272), « darling » (#25,274), « créera » (#25,271). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cévennes » est au #25,273. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Cévennes (IPA \se.vɛn\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,273 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Région naturelle du sud-est de la France.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cévennes, with forms such as "ccévennes", "cevennes", and "cvéennes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "chiennes", "cavernes", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Cévennes, spelled C-É-V-E-N-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Région naturelle du sud-est de la France.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans les Cévennes, la magnanerie est en général un bâtiment à deux étages.
  2. La famille de CALBIAC, originaire des Cévennes, et connue dans le pays d’Agénais depuis plus de deux cents ans, a fourni dans tous les temps des officiers aux armées de nos rois.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccévennes
  • cevennes
  • cvéennes
  • céevnnes
  • cévenens
  • cévenes
  • cévenness
  • cévennse
  • cévnenes
  • cévvennes
  • écvennes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cévennes - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccévennes1cevennes1cvéennes2céevnnes2cévenens2cévenes1cévenness1cévennse2
Edit distance from "Cévennes"

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 "Cévennes"?
"Cévennes" is spelled C-É-V-E-N-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \se.vɛn\.
What does "Cévennes" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cévennes" means: Région naturelle du sud-est de la France.
What words are commonly confused with "Cévennes"?
"Cévennes" is commonly confused with "chiennes", "cavernes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Cévennes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cévennes" is \se.vɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cévennes" come from?
"Cévennes" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

croisant#25,269dilution#25,279courbure#25,266diminuée#25,280

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

darling11 variantsconsuls11 variantsdébarras11 variantsdéposez11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list