saphirs
\sa.fiʁ\
The verdict
“saphirs” is uncommon French (frequency #58,252 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,252
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de saphir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-saphirs · saphirs · French
saphirs · rank #58,252 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,252
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH satellitaires
Nearest frequency peer: satellitaires (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « saphirs »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- saignait
saignait
41,752 corpus weight
- salissant
salissant
41,751 corpus weight
- saphirs
saphirs
41,749 corpus weight
- satellitair…
satellitaires
41,748 corpus weight
- satires
satires
41,747 corpus weight
- saupoudrer
saupoudrer
41,746 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « saphirs » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saphirs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.fiʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,252 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « saphirs » en français
Rare enough to double-check
saphirs is uncommon French at frequency #58,252 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.fiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de saphir.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for saphirs, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is saphirs, spelled S-A-P-H-I-R-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de saphir.
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.
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