sage
\saʒ\
The verdict
“sage” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,960 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #3,960
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est prudent, circonspect, judicieux ; qui a un sentiment juste des choses.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \saʒ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,960 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sage” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sage is 4 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \saʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,960 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sage, with forms such as "asge", "saeg", and "sagge". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "se", "SG", "san", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 sage, spelled S-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est prudent, circonspect, judicieux ; qui a un sentiment juste des choses.
- 2Qui est modéré, retenu ; qui est maître de ses passions ; qui est réglé dans ses mœurs, dans sa conduite.
- 3Qualifie une jeune fille ou une femme qui est chaste, pudique et une conduite irréprochable.
- 4Qualifie les actions, les paroles, etc., où la prudence ou la sagesse se fait remarquer.
- 5Qualifie un enfant qui n’est pas turbulent.
- 6Se dit d'un cheval de course de trot qui ne se met pas au galop, dont l'allure se maintient dans le trot régulier.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asge,saeg,sagge,sgae,ssage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sage - 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 “sage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \saʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “se” - see the side-by-side comparison. sage vs se
- 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.