saignent

\sɛɲ\

/\sɛɲ\/ verb

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The verdict

“saignent” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,530. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,530
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de saigner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-saignent · saignent · French

saignent · rank #38,530 · 12 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,530
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH saba

Nearest frequency peer: saba (-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 « saignent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « saignent » 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).

saignent vs saigner
75% similar
saignent vs signant
75% similar
saignent vs signent
88% similar

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

Key facts for saignent
PropertyValue
Headwordsaignent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sɛɲ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#38,530
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « saignent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).saignentse 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 « saba » (#38,529), « saignée » (#38,531), « réveils » (#38,528). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « saignent » est au #38,530. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around saignent (IPA \sɛɲ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,530 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for saignent, with forms such as "asignent", "saginent", and "saigennt". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "saigner", "signant", "signent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is saignent, spelled S-A-I-G-N-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de saigner.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de saigner.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asignent
  • saginent
  • saigennt
  • saiggnent
  • saignennt
  • saignentt
  • saignetn
  • saignnent
  • saignnet
  • saingent
  • siagnent
  • ssaignent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asignent2saginent2saigennt2saiggnent1saignennt1saignentt1saignetn2saignnent1
Edit distance from "saignent"

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 "saignent"?
"saignent" is spelled S-A-I-G-N-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛɲ\.
What does "saignent" mean?
As a verb, "saignent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de saigner.
What words are commonly confused with "saignent"?
"saignent" is commonly confused with "saigner", "signant", "signent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "saignent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saignent" is \sɛɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saignent" come from?
"saignent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

rétablis#38,526sucrerie#38,548relancée#38,506ravageur#38,500

Similar misspelling depth

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

succulent12 variantspropagée12 variantspressante12 variantsplatanes12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list