Sapho
\sa.fo\
The verdict
“Sapho” is uncommon French (frequency #77,018 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,018
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de Sappho.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sapho · Sapho · French
Sapho · rank #77,018 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,018
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Santoni
Nearest frequency peer: Santoni (-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 « Sapho »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Sannois
Sannois
22,985 corpus weight
- Santoni
Santoni
22,984 corpus weight
- Sapho
Sapho
22,983 corpus weight
- sarabande
sarabande
22,982 corpus weight
- Sattouf
Sattouf
22,981 corpus weight
- Sautet
Sautet
22,980 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Sapho » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sapho |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \sa.fo\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,018 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Sapho » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Sapho is uncommon French at frequency #77,018 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \sa.fo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de Sappho.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Sapho in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Sapho, spelled S-A-P-H-O.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de Sappho.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sapho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
une épitaphe pour Sapho.
Sur la pendule d’onyx, une Sapho pensive s’ennuyait de ne plus entendre le bruit du balancier.
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 "Sapho"?
What does "Sapho" mean?
How do you pronounce "Sapho"?
What language does "Sapho" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sapho", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).