sacrifier

\sa.kʁi.fje\

/\sa.kʁi.fje\/ verb

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The verdict

“sacrifier” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,156. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,156
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Offrir quelque chose à Dieu ou aux divinités, avec certaines cérémonies, pour leur rendre hommage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sacrifier · sacrifier · French

sacrifier · rank #8,156 · 13 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,156
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sanctuaire

Nearest frequency peer: sanctuaire (+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 « sacrifier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sacrifier » 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).

sacrifier vs sacrifiés
78% similar
sacrifier vs sacrifié
78% similar
sacrifier vs sacrifice
78% similar

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

Key facts for sacrifier
PropertyValue
Headwordsacrifier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sa.kʁi.fje\
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,156
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sacrifier »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sacrifierse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sanctuaire » (#8,157), « réparations » (#8,154), « sanitaires » (#8,158). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sacrifier » est au #8,156. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around sacrifier (IPA \sa.kʁi.fje\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,156 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sacrifier, with forms such as "ascrifier", "saccrifier", and "sacirfier". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "sacrifiés", "sacrifié", "sacrifice", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sacrifier, spelled S-A-C-R-I-F-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Offrir quelque chose à Dieu ou aux divinités, avec certaines cérémonies, pour leur rendre hommage.
  2. 2
    Se conformer par faiblesse, par complaisance, par habitude.
  3. 3
    Abandonner volontairement quelque chose, y renoncer, pour l’amour de Dieu ou en considération d’une personne, d’une chose.
  4. 4
    Perdre, délaisser, abandonner.
  5. 5
    Rendre quelqu’un victime de quelque dessein ou de quelque intérêt.
  6. 6
    Employer, utiliser ce qui nous est précieux.
  7. 7
    Se dévouer à quelqu’un ou quelque chose sans réserve ; souffrir tout pour son service, pour l’amour de lui.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sacrifier des victimes, un taureau, un agneau. — Abraham consentit à sacrifier son propre fils, pour obéir à Dieu.
  2. Socrate mourant demanda que l’on sacrifiât un coq à Esculape.

Synonyms

sacrificier

This word in other languages

sacrifice(English)sacrificar(Español)erbieten(Deutsch)imolar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ascrifier
  • saccrifier
  • sacirfier
  • sacrfiier
  • sacrifeir
  • sacriffier
  • sacrifierr
  • sacrifire
  • sacriifer
  • sacrrifier
  • sarcifier
  • scarifier
  • ssacrifier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ascrifier2saccrifier1sacirfier2sacrfiier2sacrifeir2sacriffier1sacrifierr1sacrifire2
Edit distance from "sacrifier"

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 "sacrifier"?
"sacrifier" is spelled S-A-C-R-I-F-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.kʁi.fje\.
What does "sacrifier" mean?
As a verb, "sacrifier" means: Offrir quelque chose à Dieu ou aux divinités, avec certaines cérémonies, pour leur rendre hommage.
What words are commonly confused with "sacrifier"?
"sacrifier" is commonly confused with "sacrifiés", "sacrifié", "sacrifice". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sacrifier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sacrifier" is \sa.kʁi.fje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sacrifier" come from?
"sacrifier" 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 "sacrifier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

rentrant13 variantspréférés13 variantsétranges13 variantsinsertion13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list