sacrer

\sa.kʁe\

/\sa.kʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“sacrer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,171. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,171
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conférer un caractère sacré par le moyen de certaines cérémonies religieuses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sacrer · sacrer · French

sacrer · rank #44,171 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,171
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sableux

Nearest frequency peer: sableux (-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 « sacrer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sacrer » 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).

sacrer vs Sarr
50% similar
sacrer vs sucre
67% similar
sacrer vs sucer
67% similar

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

Key facts for sacrer
PropertyValue
Headwordsacrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sa.kʁe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#44,171
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sacrer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sacrerse 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 « sableux » (#44,170), « rétroviseurs » (#44,169), « sata » (#44,173). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sacrer » est au #44,171. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around sacrer (IPA \sa.kʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,171 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sacrer, with forms such as "ascrer", "saccrer", and "sacerr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sarr", "sucre", "sucer", and more, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is sacrer, spelled S-A-C-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conférer un caractère sacré par le moyen de certaines cérémonies religieuses.
  2. 2
    Nommer à un poste important.
  3. 3
    Déclarer solennellement.
  4. 4
    Donner violemment.
  5. 5
    Expulser, abandonner violemment.
  6. 6
    ou , ou Jurer, blasphémer, faire des imprécations, mais aussi exprimer sa surprise, sa joie, sa douleur; au sens spécifique, utiliser les jurons religieux typiques du Québec.
  7. 7
    Se foutre de, se moquer de.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À une date indéterminée, le Capétien aurait accordé aux « habitants de la ville où il avait été sacré roi » et à ses faubourgs […] divers privilèges : […].
  2. Alors qu’il occupait des postes influents dans les administrations Nixon et Ford, Rumsfeld s’était employé à miner les ambitions présidentielles de Bush père en le faisant sacrer ambassadeur en Chine, en l’éloignant du centre des pouvoirs.

Synonyms

saprercâlissercontre-saint-ciboirisercrisserfoutrecontre-foutres’en battre l’œils’en battre les couilless’en branlers’en fichers’en foutres’en moquers’en tamponners’en torcher

This word in other languages

sanctify(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ascrer
  • saccrer
  • sacerr
  • sacrerr
  • sacrre
  • sacrrer
  • sarcer
  • scarer
  • ssacrer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sacrer - 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.

ascrer2saccrer1sacerr2sacrerr1sacrre2sacrrer1sarcer2scarer2
Edit distance from "sacrer"

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 "sacrer"?
"sacrer" is spelled S-A-C-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.kʁe\.
What does "sacrer" mean?
As a verb, "sacrer" means: Conférer un caractère sacré par le moyen de certaines cérémonies religieuses.
What words are commonly confused with "sacrer"?
"sacrer" is commonly confused with "Sarr", "sucre", "sucer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sacrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sacrer" is \sa.kʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sacrer" come from?
"sacrer" 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 "sacrer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Savard#44,175Réjean#44,163roulis#44,150rookie#44,149

Similar misspelling depth

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

sorbet9 variantsreverrai9 variantstatouée9 variantsraciaux9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list