sangsue

/\sɑ̃.sy\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,862

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

sangsue is aFrenchnoun. It 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. Pronounced \sɑ̃.sy\. Often confused with sangsues and sangs.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for sangsue is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃.sy\. Corpus data places it at rank #45,862 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for sangsue, with forms such as "asngsue", "sagnsue", and "sanggsue". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sangsues", "sangs", "sangle", 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 sangsue, spelled S-A-N-G-S-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asngsue,sagnsue,sanggsue,sangseu,sangssue,sanguse,sanngsue,sansgue,snagsue,ssangsue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sangsue

Misspelling Variants of "sangsue"

asngsue7sagnsue7sanggsue8sangseu7sangssue8sanguse7sanngsue8sansgue7
Misspelling Variants of "sangsue"

Frequency rank: #45,862 in French

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?
"sangsue" 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.