Sandra

/\sɑ̃.dʁa\/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,299

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

Sandra is aFrenchname. It means: Prénom féminin. Pronounced \sɑ̃.dʁa\. Often confused with sara and saura.

Key facts for Sandra
PropertyValue
HeadwordSandra
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\sɑ̃.dʁa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,299
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Sandra is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃.dʁa\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,299 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prénom féminin.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Sandra, with forms such as "asndra", "sadnra", and "sandar". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "sara", "saura", "santa", and more, 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 Sandra, spelled S-A-N-D-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asndra,sadnra,sandar,sanddra,sandrra,sanndra,sanrda,snadra,ssandra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Sandra

Misspelling Variants of "Sandra"

asndra6sadnra6sandar6sanddra7sandrra7sanndra7sanrda6snadra6
Misspelling Variants of "Sandra"

Frequency rank: #11,299 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sandra"?
"Sandra" is spelled S-A-N-D-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.dʁa\.
What does "Sandra" mean?
As a name, "Sandra" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Sandra"?
"Sandra" is commonly confused with "sara", "saura", "santa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sandra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sandra" is \sɑ̃.dʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sandra" come from?
"Sandra" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.