sang

\sɑ̃\

/\sɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“sang” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #886. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#886
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organe liquide constitué de globules rouges, de cellules immunitaires (globules blancs) et de plaquettes sanguines, baignés dans le plasma sanguin et dont le rôle principal est le transport de l’ox...

Corpus desk

Index FR-sang · sang · French

sang · rank #886 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #886
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH samedi

Nearest frequency peer: samedi (-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 « sang »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sang » 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).

sang vs SG
0% similar
sang vs sn
50% similar
sang vs son
50% similar

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

Key facts for sang
PropertyValue
Headwordsang
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃\
Letters4
Frequency rank#886
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sang »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « samedi » (#885), « second » (#887), « pouvait » (#884). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sang » est au #886. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around sang (IPA \sɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #886 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sang, with forms such as "asng", "sagn", and "sangg". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SG", "sn", "son", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sang, spelled S-A-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organe liquide constitué de globules rouges, de cellules immunitaires (globules blancs) et de plaquettes sanguines, baignés dans le plasma sanguin et dont le rôle principal est le transport de l’oxygène, du dioxyde de carbone des nutriments et des déchets chez les vertébrés.
  2. 2
    Ce fluide qui coule dans les combats et les massacres.
  3. 3
    Race ; famille ; lignée ; lignage → voir liens du sang.
  4. 4
    Essence d’un être définissant profondément le groupe auquel il appartient, comme à une race ou à une famille.
  5. 5
    Enfants par rapport à leurs parents.
  6. 6
    Race, en parlant des chevaux.
  7. 7
    Goûts, disposition innée.
  8. 8
    Personne à qui l’on fait confiance, que l’on peut considérer comme faisant partie de sa famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les Naïs ont quelque analogie avec les Lombrics ; leur sang est rouge et leur circulation très-facile à observer.
  2. Vuillet était la bête noire d’Aristide. Il ne se passait pas de semaine sans que les deux journalistes échangeassent les plus grossières injures. En province, où l’on cultive encore la périphrase, la polémique met le catéchisme poissard en beau langage : Aristide appelait son adversaire « frère Judas », ou encore « serviteur de saint Antoine », et Vuillet…

This word in other languages

blood(English)sangre(Español)Blut(Deutsch)sangue(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asng
  • sagn
  • sangg
  • sanng
  • snag
  • ssang

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sang - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

asng2sagn2sangg1sanng1snag2ssang1
Edit distance from "sang"

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 "sang"?
"sang" is spelled S-A-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃\.
What does "sang" mean?
As a noun, "sang" means: Organe liquide constitué de globules rouges, de cellules immunitaires (globules blancs) et de plaquettes sanguines, baignés dans le plasma sanguin et dont le rôle principal est le transport de l’ox...
What words are commonly confused with "sang"?
"sang" is commonly confused with "SG", "sn", "son". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sang"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sang" is \sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sang" come from?
"sang" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Paul#882fera#875paix#908rend#856

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

faute6 variantspuisse6 variantsunion6 variantspourra6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list