saigner

\se.ɲe\

/\se.ɲe\/ verb

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The verdict

“saigner” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,265. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,265
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tirer du sang en ouvrant une veine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-saigner · saigner · French

saigner · rank #17,265 · 10 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,265
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH réservations

Nearest frequency peer: réservations (-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 « saigner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « saigner » 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).

saigner vs signe
71% similar
saigner vs saine
71% similar
saigner vs signer
86% similar

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

Key facts for saigner
PropertyValue
Headwordsaigner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\se.ɲe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,265
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « saigner »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).saignerse 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 « réservations » (#17,264), « Saturne » (#17,266), « répétés » (#17,263). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « saigner » est au #17,265. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around saigner (IPA \se.ɲe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,265 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for saigner, with forms such as "asigner", "saginer", and "saigenr". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "signe", "saine", "signer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented 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 saigner, spelled S-A-I-G-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tirer du sang en ouvrant une veine.
  2. 2
    Tuer ; égorger.
  3. 3
    Exiger, tirer de quelqu’un une somme considérable.
  4. 4
    Ruiner.
  5. 5
    Abuser de quelque chose ; utiliser de manière excessive ; terminer (le cas échéant).
  6. 6
    Perdre du sang.
  7. 7
    Faire mal, se dit en parlant d’une offense, d’une injure, d’un malheur dont on conserve encore, dont on conserve longtemps le souvenir de la douleur.
  8. 8
    Donner jusqu’à se gêner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il avait même sorti de sa poche une lancette et allait le saigner, quand le juif se ranima tout à coup.
  2. C'est ainsi que je fus conduit à raconter qu'ayant été trois jours égaré dans ces plaines sans fin, n'ayant pas de vivres ni d'eau, j'avais été réduit à faire comme les gauchos qui m'accompagnaient, c'est-à-dire à saigner mon cheval et à boire son sang.

Synonyms

exsanguerexsanguinerrincertorcher

This word in other languages

bleed(English)sangrar(Español)bluten(Deutsch)sangrar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asigner
  • saginer
  • saigenr
  • saiggner
  • saignerr
  • saignner
  • saignre
  • sainger
  • siagner
  • ssaigner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asigner2saginer2saigenr2saiggner1saignerr1saignner1saignre2sainger2
Edit distance from "saigner"

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 "saigner"?
"saigner" is spelled S-A-I-G-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \se.ɲe\.
What does "saigner" mean?
As a verb, "saigner" means: Tirer du sang en ouvrant une veine.
What words are commonly confused with "saigner"?
"saigner" is commonly confused with "signe", "saine", "signer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "saigner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saigner" is \se.ɲe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saigner" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Saturne#17,266répétés#17,263rolling#17,258siennes#17,272

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

things10 variantstimides10 variantsvariant10 variantsvirgule10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list