saigner

/\se.ɲe\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,265

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

saigner is aFrenchverb. It means: Tirer du sang en ouvrant une veine. Pronounced \se.ɲe\. Often confused with signe and saine.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of saigner in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for saigner is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \se.ɲe\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,265 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for saigner, with forms such as "asigner", "saginer", and "saigenr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is saigner, spelled S-A-I-G-N-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asigner,saginer,saigenr,saiggner,saignerr,saignner,saignre,sainger,siagner,ssaigner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for saigner

Misspelling Variants of "saigner"

asigner7saginer7saigenr7saiggner8saignerr8saignner8saignre7sainger7
Misspelling Variants of "saigner"

Frequency rank: #17,265 in French

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?
"saigner" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.