Saar
\ˈzaːʁ\
The verdict
“Saar” is uncommon French (frequency #97,398 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,398
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sarre
Corpus desk
Index FR-saar · Saar · French
Saar · rank #97,398 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,398
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH révolues
Nearest frequency peer: révolues (-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 « Saar »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- réticulé
réticulé
2,606 corpus weight
- rétroactives
rétroactives
2,605 corpus weight
- révolues
révolues
2,604 corpus weight
- Saar
Saar
2,603 corpus weight
- sagace
sagace
2,602 corpus weight
- Sagot
Sagot
2,601 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Saar » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Saar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈzaːʁ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #97,398 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Saar » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Saar is uncommon French at frequency #97,398 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈzaːʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sarre".
Zero misspellings are on record for Saar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Saar, spelled S-A-A-R.
Definition
- 1Sarre
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Saar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Saar entspringt am Donon in den Vogesen in zwei Quellflüssen (Rote und Weiße Saar), fließt durch Lothringen und durch das nach ihr benannte Saarland. Nach 246 km (davon 126 in Frankreich und 120 in Deutschland) mündet die Saar bei Konz in die Mosel.
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.
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