sagesse

\sa.ʒɛs\

/\sa.ʒɛs\/ noun

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The verdict

“sagesse” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,921. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,921
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prudence, circonspection, sentiment juste des choses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sagesse · sagesse · French

sagesse · rank #5,921 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,921
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH régimes

Nearest frequency peer: régimes (-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 « sagesse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sagesse » 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).

sagesse vs stressé
57% similar
sagesse vs sages
71% similar

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

Key facts for sagesse
PropertyValue
Headwordsagesse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.ʒɛs\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,921
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sagesse »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sagessese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « régimes » (#5,920), « saoudite » (#5,922), « satellite » (#5,923). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sagesse » est au #5,921. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around sagesse (IPA \sa.ʒɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,921 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for sagesse, with forms such as "asgesse", "saegsse", and "sagese". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "stressé", "sages", 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 sagesse, spelled S-A-G-E-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prudence, circonspection, sentiment juste des choses.
  2. 2
    Modération, retenue, maîtrise de soi.
  3. 3
    Modestie, pudeur, chasteté, surtout en parlant des jeunes filles et des femmes.
  4. 4
    Caractère prudent, circonspect, d’actions, de paroles, etc.
  5. 5
    En parlant des ouvrages de l’esprit ou des œuvres d’art, soin que l’on met à éviter ce qui est outré, extravagant, à se renfermer, non sans quelque timidité, dans les bornes prescrites par la raison et par le goût.
  6. 6
    Connaissance naturelle ou acquise des choses, les lumières de l’esprit.
  7. 7
    Connaissance inspirée des choses divines et humaines.
  8. 8
    Aptitude d’un cheval de trot à rester sage, c’est-à-dire à ne pas se montrer fautif en se mettant au galop.
  9. 9
    À Donjons & Dragons, et d’autres jeux de rôle, caractéristique (valeur chiffrée) représentant la vigilance d’un personnage, sa capacité à percevoir son environnement et son intuition.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De W. était jeune ; il était attiré par les cadavres, comme l’homme de Platon. J’avais et j’eus toujours la sagesse de ne pas regarder ces choses de près.
  2. Il agit avec sa sagesse ordinaire.

Antonyms

folie

This word in other languages

wisdom(English)sabiduría(Español)Klugheit(Deutsch)sabedoria(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asgesse
  • saegsse
  • sagese
  • sageses
  • saggesse
  • sagsese
  • sgaesse
  • ssagesse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asgesse2saegsse2sagese1sageses2saggesse1sagsese2sgaesse2ssagesse1
Edit distance from "sagesse"

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 "sagesse"?
"sagesse" is spelled S-A-G-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.ʒɛs\.
What does "sagesse" mean?
As a noun, "sagesse" means: Prudence, circonspection, sentiment juste des choses.
What words are commonly confused with "sagesse"?
"sagesse" is commonly confused with "stressé", "sages". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sagesse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sagesse" is \sa.ʒɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sagesse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

régimes#5,920récents#5,917pensant#5,905offrant#5,900

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

réels8 variantsracine8 variantsplaine8 variantsusages8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list