sandre
\sɑ̃dʁ\
The verdict
“sandre” is uncommon French (frequency #70,197 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,197
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de grand poisson osseux d’eau douce et d'eau saumâtre d'Europe, de la famille des perches, allongé, à tête assez fine et longue, à deux nageoires dorsales distinctes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sandre · sandre · French
sandre · rank #70,197 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,197
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH saignées
Nearest frequency peer: saignées (-2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « sandre »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rétorqua
rétorqua
29,809 corpus weight
- saignées
saignées
29,806 corpus weight
- sandre
sandre
29,804 corpus weight
- Sartène
Sartène
29,802 corpus weight
- saying
saying
29,801 corpus weight
- scandant
scandant
29,799 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sandre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sandre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃dʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sandre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sandre is uncommon French at frequency #70,197 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃dʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for sandre in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sandre, spelled S-A-N-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de grand poisson osseux d’eau douce et d'eau saumâtre d'Europe, de la famille des perches, allongé, à tête assez fine et longue, à deux nageoires dorsales distinctes.
- 2Synonyme de saule blanc (arbre).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sandre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La grande taille de la sandre − elle peut atteindre un mètre − n’enlève rien à la qualité de sa chair, très fine.
Si la pêche du sandre est théoriquement possible toute l’année, les deux meilleures périodes semblent être la fin du printemps, juste après le frai, puis l’automne.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).