sanguine

\sɑ̃.ɡin\

/\sɑ̃.ɡin\/ noun

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The verdict

“sanguine” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,033. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,033
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Minerai de fer riche en hématite, d’un rouge brun, dont on fait des crayons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sanguine · sanguine · French

sanguine · rank #15,033 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,033
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sanctionner

Nearest frequency peer: sanctionner (-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 « sanguine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sanguine » 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).

sanguine vs sanguins
88% similar
sanguine vs sanguines
89% similar
sanguine vs sanguin
88% similar

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

Key facts for sanguine
PropertyValue
Headwordsanguine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃.ɡin\
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,033
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sanguine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sanguinese 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 « sanctionner » (#15,032), « screen » (#15,034), « salué » (#15,031). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sanguine » est au #15,033. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sanguine (IPA \sɑ̃.ɡin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,033 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sanguine, with forms such as "asnguine", "sagnuine", and "sangguine". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "sanguins", "sanguines", "sanguin", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sanguine, spelled S-A-N-G-U-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Minerai de fer riche en hématite, d’un rouge brun, dont on fait des crayons.
  2. 2
    Crayons faits avec cette pierre.
  3. 3
    Dessin fait avec ces crayons.
  4. 4
    Sorte de pierre précieuse couleur de sang.
  5. 5
    Variété d’orange dont la chair est presque rouge.
  6. 6
    Émail indiquant la couleur sang (rouge-brunâtre) d’un élément des armoiries : écu, partition, pièce, meuble, etc. Voir de sanguine. Cette couleur serait spécifique à la Grande-Bretagne où elle se nomme blood-color et à l'Allemagne où elle prend le nom de Eisen, c'est à dire couleur de fer. Elle est représentée en gravure par des hachures en diagonale de gauche à droite croisées de hachures en sens inverse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il dessine tout le jour, épuise en un rien de temps trois sanguines et deux mines de plomb.
  2. Un dessin à la sanguine.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asnguine
  • sagnuine
  • sangguine
  • sangiune
  • sanguien
  • sanguinne
  • sangunie
  • sannguine
  • sanugine
  • snaguine
  • ssanguine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asnguine2sagnuine2sangguine1sangiune2sanguien2sanguinne1sangunie2sannguine1
Edit distance from "sanguine"

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 "sanguine"?
"sanguine" is spelled S-A-N-G-U-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.ɡin\.
What does "sanguine" mean?
As a noun, "sanguine" means: Minerai de fer riche en hématite, d’un rouge brun, dont on fait des crayons.
What words are commonly confused with "sanguine"?
"sanguine" is commonly confused with "sanguins", "sanguines", "sanguin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sanguine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sanguine" is \sɑ̃.ɡin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sanguine" come from?
"sanguine" 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 "sanguine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

statique#15,042Théodore#15,049tracteur#15,051traîtres#15,053

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

tenants11 variantsrenouvelle11 variantsplacent11 variantséquateur11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list