sangsue

\sɑ̃.sy\

/\sɑ̃.sy\/ noun

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The verdict

“sangsue” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,862. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,862
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Annélide aquatique (marais, lacs, etc.) qui suce le sang des parties du corps (de l’homme ou de l’animal) sur lesquelles il s’applique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sangsue · sangsue · French

sangsue · rank #45,862 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,862
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH salopette

Nearest frequency peer: salopette (-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 « sangsue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sangsue » 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).

sangsue vs sangsues
88% similar
sangsue vs sangs
71% similar
sangsue vs sangle
71% similar

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

Key facts for sangsue
PropertyValue
Headwordsangsue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃.sy\
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,862
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sangsue »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sangsuese 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 « salopette » (#45,861), « saturnin » (#45,863), « salit » (#45,860). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sangsue » est au #45,862. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around sangsue (IPA \sɑ̃.sy\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,862 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sangsue, with forms such as "asngsue", "sagnsue", and "sanggsue". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sangsues", "sangs", "sangle", 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sangsue, spelled S-A-N-G-S-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Annélide aquatique (marais, lacs, etc.) qui suce le sang des parties du corps (de l’homme ou de l’animal) sur lesquelles il s’applique.
  2. 2
    Synonyme de parasite.
  3. 3
    Personne collante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans les maladies où il faut sur-le-champ une évacuation sanguine avec forte dérivation et prompte révulsion, les ventouses scarifiées souvent l’emportent sur les sangsues : […].
  2. Je te montre une sangsue, tu ne sais même pas ce que c’est ; seulement, quand je te la nomme, tu me dis que c’est un animal invertébré, formant la première classe de la subdivision des vers. — Ce n’est pas juste ? — C’est admirable.

Synonyms

hirudinée

This word in other languages

leech(English)sanguijuela(Español)Egel(Deutsch)sanguessuga(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asngsue
  • sagnsue
  • sanggsue
  • sangseu
  • sangssue
  • sanguse
  • sanngsue
  • sansgue
  • snagsue
  • ssangsue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sangsue - 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.

asngsue2sagnsue2sanggsue1sangseu2sangssue1sanguse2sanngsue1sansgue2
Edit distance from "sangsue"

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 "sangsue"?
"sangsue" is spelled S-A-N-G-S-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.sy\.
What does "sangsue" mean?
As a noun, "sangsue" means: Annélide aquatique (marais, lacs, etc.) qui suce le sang des parties du corps (de l’homme ou de l’animal) sur lesquelles il s’applique.
What words are commonly confused with "sangsue"?
"sangsue" is commonly confused with "sangsues", "sangs", "sangle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sangsue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sangsue" is \sɑ̃.sy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sangsue" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Saverne#45,864servage#45,872régates#45,850sibylle#45,875

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Rouennais10 variantsspecies10 variantsresserrée10 variantsremblai10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list