Saillans
\sa.jɑ̃\
The verdict
“Saillans” is uncommon French (frequency #94,236 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,236
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Drôme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-saillans · Saillans · French
Saillans · rank #94,236 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,236
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sahraouie
Nearest frequency peer: sahraouie (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Saillans »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- révoltées
révoltées
5,770 corpus weight
- sahraouie
sahraouie
5,766 corpus weight
- Saillans
Saillans
5,765 corpus weight
- Sakhaline
Sakhaline
5,762 corpus weight
- Sakurai
Sakurai
5,761 corpus weight
- Salignac
Salignac
5,760 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Saillans » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Saillans |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \sa.jɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Saillans » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Saillans is uncommon French at frequency #94,236 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \sa.jɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Saillans has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Saillans, spelled S-A-I-L-L-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Drôme.
- 2Commune française, située dans le département de la Gironde.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Saillans appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 44, rejoindre Rochefourchat dans la journée relevait de l'exploit. Parti de bon matin de la maison, je n'eus pas de difficultés particulières pour rejoindre Saillans avant midi.
Emmanuel Cappelin, réalisateur de documentaires installé depuis une dizaine d'années à Saillans, me parle de « petit remplacement », de ce phénomène qui inquiète des habitants, lesquels se sentent menacés dans leur existence par l'arrivée de nouvelles personnes, soit très marginales soit doté d'un capital culturel et économique important.
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.
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