sanctionné

\sɑ̃k.sjɔ.ne\

/\sɑ̃k.sjɔ.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“sanctionné” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,478. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,478
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de sanctionner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sanctionne · sanctionné · French

sanctionné · rank #16,478 · 14 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,478
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sal

Nearest frequency peer: sal (-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 « sanctionné »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sanctionné » 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).

sanctionné vs sanctions
80% similar
sanctionné vs sanctionner
82% similar
sanctionné vs sanctionnée
91% similar

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

Key facts for sanctionné
PropertyValue
Headwordsanctionné
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sɑ̃k.sjɔ.ne\
Letters10
Frequency rank#16,478
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sanctionné »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sanctionnése place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sal » (#16,477), « sandy » (#16,479), « sahel » (#16,476). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sanctionné » est au #16,478. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around sanctionné (IPA \sɑ̃k.sjɔ.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,478 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de sanctionner.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for sanctionné, with forms such as "asnctionné", "sacntionné", and "sancctionné". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "sanctions", "sanctionner", "sanctionnée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sanctionné, spelled S-A-N-C-T-I-O-N-N-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de sanctionner.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asnctionné
  • sacntionné
  • sancctionné
  • sancitonné
  • sanctinoné
  • sanctionne
  • sanctioné
  • sanctionén
  • sanctoinné
  • sancttionné
  • sannctionné
  • santcionné
  • snactionné
  • ssanctionné

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asnctionné2sacntionné2sancctionné1sancitonné2sanctinoné2sanctionne1sanctioné1sanctionén2
Edit distance from "sanctionné"

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 "sanctionné"?
"sanctionné" is spelled S-A-N-C-T-I-O-N-N-É. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃k.sjɔ.ne\.
What does "sanctionné" mean?
As a verb, "sanctionné" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de sanctionner.
What words are commonly confused with "sanctionné"?
"sanctionné" is commonly confused with "sanctions", "sanctionner", "sanctionnée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sanctionné"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sanctionné" is \sɑ̃k.sjɔ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sanctionné" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

suicidaire#16,489séminaires#16,491retrouvait#16,464radiations#16,458

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

sacrement14 variantssubstitut14 variantsterminées14 variantsprévoient14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list