sandwich

\sɑ̃.dwitʃ\

/\sɑ̃.dwitʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“sandwich” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,778. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,778
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deux tranches de pain souvent beurrées entre lesquelles sont placés divers ingrédients, du jambon, du saumon fumé, diverses viandes ainsi que des légumes, des condiments, sauces, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sandwich · sandwich · French

sandwich · rank #8,778 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,778
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH résumer

Nearest frequency peer: résumer (-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 « sandwich »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sandwich » 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).

sandwich vs sandwichs
89% similar
sandwich vs sandwiches
80% similar

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

Key facts for sandwich
PropertyValue
Headwordsandwich
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃.dwitʃ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,778
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sandwich »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sandwichse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « résumer » (#8,777), « saurais » (#8,779), « sauté » (#8,780). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sandwich » est au #8,778. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around sandwich (IPA \sɑ̃.dwitʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,778 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sandwich, with forms such as "asndwich", "sadnwich", and "sanddwich". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sandwichs", "sandwiches", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sandwich, spelled S-A-N-D-W-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deux tranches de pain souvent beurrées entre lesquelles sont placés divers ingrédients, du jambon, du saumon fumé, diverses viandes ainsi que des légumes, des condiments, sauces, etc.
  2. 2
    Disposition d'un élément entre deux autres.
  3. 3
    Disposition par couche de matériaux composites.
  4. 4
    Un tel matériau composite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sur la table figuraient aussi des piles de sandwiches, dans lesquelles le biscuit de mer remplaçait les fines tartines de pain anglais ; entre deux tranches de biscuit qui, malgré leur dureté, ne résistaient pas aux dents des Chipeways, Mrs. Joliffe avait ingénieusement glissé de minces lanières de « corn-beef », sorte de bœuf salé, qui tenait la place du…
  2. On boit du bout des lèvres un verre de champagne, on grignote une sandwich du bout des dents.

Synonyms

casse-croûte

This word in other languages

sandwich(English)bocadillo(Español)Sandwich(Deutsch)sanduíche(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asndwich
  • sadnwich
  • sanddwich
  • sandiwch
  • sandwcih
  • sandwicch
  • sandwichh
  • sandwihc
  • sandwwich
  • sanndwich
  • sanwdich
  • snadwich
  • ssandwich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asndwich2sadnwich2sanddwich1sandiwch2sandwcih2sandwicch1sandwichh1sandwihc2
Edit distance from "sandwich"

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 "sandwich"?
"sandwich" is spelled S-A-N-D-W-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.dwitʃ\.
What does "sandwich" mean?
As a noun, "sandwich" means: Deux tranches de pain souvent beurrées entre lesquelles sont placés divers ingrédients, du jambon, du saumon fumé, diverses viandes ainsi que des légumes, des condiments, sauces, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "sandwich"?
"sandwich" is commonly confused with "sandwichs", "sandwiches". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sandwich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sandwich" is \sɑ̃.dwitʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sandwich" come from?
"sandwich" 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 "sandwich", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

répartis#8,775souvenez#8,783toxiques#8,788voisines#8,796

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

paiements13 variantsconfession13 variantsexclusive13 variantsdétecter13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list