saillir
\sa.jiʁ\
The verdict
“saillir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jaillir, sortir avec impétuosité et par secousses, en parlant des choses liquides.
Corpus desk
Index FR-saillir · saillir · French
saillir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saillir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sa.jiʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « saillir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
saillir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sa.jiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
saillir has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 saillir, spelled S-A-I-L-L-I-R.
Definition
- 1Jaillir, sortir avec impétuosité et par secousses, en parlant des choses liquides.
- 2Sortir, déborder.
- 3Faire une sortie, s'élancer avec force.
- 4Couvrir une femelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how saillir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand Moïse frappa le rocher, il en saillit une source d’eau vive.
Le sang saillissait de sa veine avec impétuosité.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.