sabotages

\sa.bɔ.taʒ\

/\sa.bɔ.taʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“sabotages” is uncommon French (frequency #57,580 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,580
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de sabotage.

Key facts for sabotages
PropertyValue
Headwordsabotages
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.bɔ.taʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,580
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sabotages” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sabotages lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sabotages is uncommon French at frequency #57,580 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.bɔ.taʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de sabotage.".

No misspelling variants are generated for sabotages in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is sabotages, spelled S-A-B-O-T-A-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de sabotage.

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 "sabotages"?
"sabotages" is spelled S-A-B-O-T-A-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.bɔ.taʒ\.
What does "sabotages" mean?
As a noun, "sabotages" means: Pluriel de sabotage.
How do you pronounce "sabotages"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sabotages" is \sa.bɔ.taʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sabotages" come from?
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Using “sabotages”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-A-B-O-T-A-G-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sa.bɔ.taʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list