sanctuaires

/\sɑ̃k.tɥɛʁ\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,767

in French word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

sanctuaires is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de sanctuaire. Pronounced \sɑ̃k.tɥɛʁ\. Often confused with sanitaires and sanctuaire.

Key facts for sanctuaires
PropertyValue
Headwordsanctuaires
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃k.tɥɛʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#24,767
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sanctuaires in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for sanctuaires is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃k.tɥɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,767 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de sanctuaire.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for sanctuaires, with forms such as "asnctuaires", "sacntuaires", and "sancctuaires". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sanitaires", "sanctuaire", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is sanctuaires, spelled S-A-N-C-T-U-A-I-R-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de sanctuaire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asnctuaires,sacntuaires,sancctuaires,sanctauires,sancttuaires,sanctuaiers,sanctuairess,sanctuairres,sanctuairse,sanctuaries,sanctuiares,sancutaires,sannctuaires,santcuaires,snactuaires,ssanctuaires

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sanctuaires

Misspelling Variants of "sanctuaires"

asnctuaires11sacntuaires11sancctuaires12sanctauires11sancttuaires12sanctuaiers11sanctuairess12sanctuairres12
Misspelling Variants of "sanctuaires"

Frequency rank: #24,767 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sanctuaires"?
"sanctuaires" is spelled S-A-N-C-T-U-A-I-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃k.tɥɛʁ\.
What does "sanctuaires" mean?
As a noun, "sanctuaires" means: Pluriel de sanctuaire.
What words are commonly confused with "sanctuaires"?
"sanctuaires" is commonly confused with "sanitaires", "sanctuaire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sanctuaires"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sanctuaires" is \sɑ̃k.tɥɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sanctuaires" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.