sabots

\sa.bɔ\

/\sa.bɔ\/ noun

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The verdict

“sabots” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,563. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,563
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de sabot.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sabots · sabots · French

sabots · rank #20,563 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,563
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH révélés

Nearest frequency peer: révélés (-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 « sabots »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sabots » 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).

sabots vs sauts
67% similar
sabots vs spots
67% similar
sabots vs shots
67% similar

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

Key facts for sabots
PropertyValue
Headwordsabots
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.bɔ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,563
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sabots »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sabotsse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « révélés » (#20,562), « samu » (#20,564), « résilience » (#20,561). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sabots » est au #20,563. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around sabots (IPA \sa.bɔ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,563 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de sabot.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sabots, with forms such as "asbots", "sabbots", and "sabost". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "sauts", "spots", "shots", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sabots, spelled S-A-B-O-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de sabot.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les cris des coqs, les sabots des ânes poussés par l’encouragement sonore et monotone des paysans, réveillèrent Elhamy le lendemain.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asbots
  • sabbots
  • sabost
  • sabotss
  • sabotts
  • sabtos
  • saobts
  • sbaots
  • ssabots

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sabots - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

asbots2sabbots1sabost2sabotss1sabotts1sabtos2saobts2sbaots2
Edit distance from "sabots"

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 "sabots"?
"sabots" is spelled S-A-B-O-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.bɔ\.
What does "sabots" mean?
As a noun, "sabots" means: Pluriel de sabot.
What words are commonly confused with "sabots"?
"sabots" is commonly confused with "sauts", "spots", "shots". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sabots"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sabots" is \sa.bɔ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sabots" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list