sang

/\sɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#886

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sang is aFrenchnoun. It 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... Pronounced \sɑ̃\. It ranks #886 in French word frequency. Often confused with SG and sn.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for sang is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #886 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for sang, with forms such as "asng", "sagn", and "sangg". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SG", "sn", "son", 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 sang, spelled S-A-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asng,sagn,sangg,sanng,snag,ssang

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sang

Misspelling Variants of "sang"

asng4sagn4sangg5sanng5snag4ssang5
Misspelling Variants of "sang"

Frequency rank: #886 in French

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 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.