sacerdoce
\sa.sɛʁ.dɔs\
The verdict
“sacerdoce” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #29,533 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,533
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prêtrise.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sacerdoce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.sɛʁ.dɔs\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #29,533 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sacerdoce” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sacerdoce is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sa.sɛʁ.dɔs\. Corpus data places it at rank #29,533 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sacerdoce, with forms such as "ascerdoce", "saccerdoce", and "sacedroce". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sacerdoce, spelled S-A-C-E-R-D-O-C-E.
Definition
- 1Prêtrise.
- 2Ministère de ceux qui avaient le pouvoir d’offrir à Dieu des victimes pour le sacrifice.
- 3Corps ecclésiastique, autorité ecclésiastique.
- 4Vocation.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ascerdoce,saccerdoce,sacedroce,sacerdcoe,sacerddoce,sacerdocce,sacerdoec,sacerodce,sacerrdoce,sacredoce,saecrdoce,scaerdoce,ssacerdoce
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sacerdoce - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “sacerdoce”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-C-E-R-D-O-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sa.sɛʁ.dɔs\ (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
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.