saintes

\sɛ̃t\

/\sɛ̃t\/ adj

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The verdict

“saintes” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,298. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,298
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de saint.

Corpus desk

Index FR-saintes · saintes · French

saintes · rank #11,298 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,298
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sandra

Nearest frequency peer: Sandra (+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 « saintes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « saintes » 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).

saintes vs santé
57% similar
saintes vs sites
71% similar
saintes vs saints
86% similar

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

Key facts for saintes
PropertyValue
Headwordsaintes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛ̃t\
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,298
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « saintes »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).saintesse 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 « Sandra » (#11,299), « résidant » (#11,296), « scandaleux » (#11,300). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « saintes » est au #11,298. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around saintes (IPA \sɛ̃t\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,298 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de saint.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for saintes, with forms such as "asintes", "sainets", and "sainntes". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "santé", "sites", "saints", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is saintes, spelled S-A-I-N-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de saint.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Nous pensons aussi explorer les Saintes Écritures rédigées par les prophètes qui parlent du chemin de justice ouvert par Dieu pour que l’homme puisse être regardé comme juste devant lui.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asintes
  • sainets
  • sainntes
  • saintess
  • saintse
  • sainttes
  • saitnes
  • sanites
  • siantes
  • ssaintes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asintes2sainets2sainntes1saintess1saintse2sainttes1saitnes2sanites2
Edit distance from "saintes"

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 "saintes"?
"saintes" is spelled S-A-I-N-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃t\.
What does "saintes" mean?
As an adjective, "saintes" means: Féminin pluriel de saint.
What words are commonly confused with "saintes"?
"saintes" is commonly confused with "santé", "sites", "saints". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "saintes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saintes" is \sɛ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saintes" come from?
"saintes" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Simpson#11,304sonores#11,305spirale#11,307stocker#11,309

Similar misspelling depth

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

repoussé10 variantspromise10 variantsvieillesse10 variantspluriel10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list