sainte

\sɛ̃t\

/\sɛ̃t\/ noun

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The verdict

“sainte” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,422. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,422
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme ayant vécu une vie pure, souverainement parfaite et bienheureuse, et généralement reconnue comme telle par une religion.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sainte · sainte · French

sainte · rank #1,422 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,422
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH régions

Nearest frequency peer: régions (-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 « sainte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sainte » 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).

sainte vs site
67% similar
sainte vs sait
67% similar
sainte vs sine
67% similar

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

Key facts for sainte
PropertyValue
Headwordsainte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛ̃t\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,422
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sainte »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.saintese 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 « régions » (#1,421), « seraient » (#1,423), « riche » (#1,420). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sainte » est au #1,422. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around sainte (IPA \sɛ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,422 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for sainte, with forms such as "asinte", "sainet", and "sainnte". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "site", "sait", "sine", 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, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sainte, spelled S-A-I-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme ayant vécu une vie pure, souverainement parfaite et bienheureuse, et généralement reconnue comme telle par une religion.
  2. 2
    Image ou représentation d’une sainte.
  3. 3
    Femme d’une haute valeur morale, vivant de manière exemplaire et reconnue comme telle par la société.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — ceux-là le croiront qui estiment que Berthe, femme de Girard de Roussillon, a pu entrer dans la légende sans le concours des moines de Pothières, lesquels vénéraient Berthe comme leur sainte.
  2. De là, il se rendit au tombeau de la petite fille du Prophète et colla son visage aux croissants dorés de la grille. Il supplia la sainte d’intercéder pour lui auprès d’Allah.

This word in other languages

saint(English)santa(Español)Heilige(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asinte
  • sainet
  • sainnte
  • saintte
  • saitne
  • sanite
  • siante
  • ssainte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sainte - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

asinte2sainet2sainnte1saintte1saitne2sanite2siante2ssainte1
Edit distance from "sainte"

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 "sainte"?
"sainte" is spelled S-A-I-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃t\.
What does "sainte" mean?
As a noun, "sainte" means: Femme ayant vécu une vie pure, souverainement parfaite et bienheureuse, et généralement reconnue comme telle par une religion.
What words are commonly confused with "sainte"?
"sainte" is commonly confused with "site", "sait", "sine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sainte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sainte" is \sɛ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sainte" come from?
"sainte" 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 "sainte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

serais#1,424termes#1,425belles#1,430envoyé#1,411

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

entrer8 variantsprévu8 variantspapier8 variantsfront8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list