sanskrit

\sɑ̃s.kʁi\

/\sɑ̃s.kʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“sanskrit” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,595. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,595
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue classique, notamment utilisée comme langue liturgique dans l’hindouisme, appartenant à la sous-branche indo-aryenne, dans la branche indo-iranienne des langues indo-européennes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sanskrit · sanskrit · French

sanskrit · rank #47,595 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,595
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH saoudiennes

Nearest frequency peer: saoudiennes (+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 « sanskrit »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sanskrit » 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
Key facts for sanskrit
PropertyValue
Headwordsanskrit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃s.kʁi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#47,595
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sanskrit »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sanskritse 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 « saoudiennes » (#47,596), « satyre » (#47,597), « Salamanque » (#47,592). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sanskrit » est au #47,595. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around sanskrit (IPA \sɑ̃s.kʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,595 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Langue classique, notamment utilisée comme langue liturgique dans l’hindouisme, appartenant à la sous-branche indo-aryenne, dans la branche indo-iranienne des langues indo-européennes.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sanskrit, with forms such as "asnskrit", "sanksrit", and "sannskrit". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sanskrit, spelled S-A-N-S-K-R-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Langue classique, notamment utilisée comme langue liturgique dans l’hindouisme, appartenant à la sous-branche indo-aryenne, dans la branche indo-iranienne des langues indo-européennes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’étude du sanskrit.
  2. Ce livre est en sanskrit.

This word in other languages

Sanskrit(English)sánscrito(Español)Sanskrit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asnskrit
  • sanksrit
  • sannskrit
  • sanskirt
  • sanskkrit
  • sanskritt
  • sanskrrit
  • sanskrti
  • sansrkit
  • sansskrit
  • sasnkrit
  • snaskrit
  • ssanskrit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asnskrit2sanksrit2sannskrit1sanskirt2sanskkrit1sanskritt1sanskrrit1sanskrti2
Edit distance from "sanskrit"

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 "sanskrit"?
"sanskrit" is spelled S-A-N-S-K-R-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃s.kʁi\.
What does "sanskrit" mean?
As a noun, "sanskrit" means: Langue classique, notamment utilisée comme langue liturgique dans l’hindouisme, appartenant à la sous-branche indo-aryenne, dans la branche indo-iranienne des langues indo-européennes.
What are common misspellings of "sanskrit"?
Common misspellings include "asnskrit", "sanksrit", "sannskrit", "sanskirt", "sanskkrit". The correct spelling is "sanskrit".
How do you pronounce "sanskrit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sanskrit" is \sɑ̃s.kʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sanskrit" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

scellées#47,598scieries#47,600réparent#47,586rougeurs#47,581

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

saoudiennes13 variantsréfugiées13 variantssoudanaise13 variantsressortira13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list