sagement

\saʒ.mɑ̃\

/\saʒ.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“sagement” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,984. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,984
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière sage, prudente, avisée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sagement · sagement · French

sagement · rank #19,984 · 12 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,984
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sem

Nearest frequency peer: sem (+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 « sagement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sagement » 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).

sagement vs sèment
63% similar
sagement vs segment
75% similar
sagement vs sûrement
75% similar

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

Key facts for sagement
PropertyValue
Headwordsagement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\saʒ.mɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#19,984
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sagement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sagementse 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 « sem » (#19,985), « réédition » (#19,982), « sentinelle » (#19,986). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sagement » est au #19,984. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around sagement (IPA \saʒ.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #19,984 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sagement, with forms such as "asgement", "saegment", and "sageemnt". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "sèment", "segment", "sûrement", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sagement, spelled S-A-G-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière sage, prudente, avisée.
  2. 2
    Sans faire de bruit, sans distraire les autres sin faire de bêtises.
  3. 3
    Avec correction et sans originalité, en parlant de la manière d'exécuter un ouvrage d'art.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il s’est toujours conduit sagement. — Vous parlez sagement. — Il a sagement mené sa barque. —Il a toujours vécu sagement.
  2. Là, en dehors du bruit et du remue-ménage de la basse-cour, dans l’isolement, l’ombre et le silence, les glousses demeuraient sagement sur leurs œufs pendant les vingt-et-un jours de l’incubation.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asgement
  • saegment
  • sageemnt
  • sagemennt
  • sagementt
  • sagemetn
  • sagemment
  • sagemnet
  • saggement
  • sagmeent
  • sgaement
  • ssagement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sagement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

asgement2saegment2sageemnt2sagemennt1sagementt1sagemetn2sagemment1sagemnet2
Edit distance from "sagement"

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 "sagement"?
"sagement" is spelled S-A-G-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \saʒ.mɑ̃\.
What does "sagement" mean?
As an adverb, "sagement" means: D’une manière sage, prudente, avisée.
What words are commonly confused with "sagement"?
"sagement" is commonly confused with "sèment", "segment", "sûrement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sagement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sagement" is \saʒ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sagement" come from?
"sagement" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list