sarcophage

\saʁ.kɔ.faʒ\

/\saʁ.kɔ.faʒ\/ adj

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The verdict

“sarcophage” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,970. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,970
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se nourrit des chairs d'un hôte mort.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sarcophage · sarcophage · French

sarcophage · rank #29,970 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #29,970
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH saw

Nearest frequency peer: saw (+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 « sarcophage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sarcophage » 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).

sarcophage vs sarcophages
91% similar

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

Key facts for sarcophage
PropertyValue
Headwordsarcophage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\saʁ.kɔ.faʒ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#29,970
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sarcophage »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sarcophagese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « saw » (#29,971), « sacrilège » (#29,968), « scorpions » (#29,972). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sarcophage » est au #29,970. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around sarcophage (IPA \saʁ.kɔ.faʒ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,970 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for sarcophage, with forms such as "asrcophage", "sacrophage", and "sarccophage". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sarcophages", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sarcophage, spelled S-A-R-C-O-P-H-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui se nourrit des chairs d'un hôte mort.
  2. 2
    Qui ronge les chairs.
  3. 3
    Qui n’accepte de consommer des produits carnés que s’ils ne rappellent en rien l’animal dont ils sont tirés, par opposition la personne zoophage, qui accepte les produits aisément identifiables.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais, ainsi que le fait observer Macquart […], la destruction des cadavres, malgré l'apparence, n'est pas exclusivement due aux larves sarcophages ; la preuve, c'est que cette destruction peut se faire et se fait même souvent sans elles.
  2. Médicaments sarcophages.

Synonyms

nécrophagecathérétique

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asrcophage
  • sacrophage
  • sarccophage
  • sarcohpage
  • sarcopahge
  • sarcophaeg
  • sarcophagge
  • sarcophgae
  • sarcophhage
  • sarcopphage
  • sarcpohage
  • sarocphage
  • sarrcophage
  • sracophage
  • ssarcophage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asrcophage2sacrophage2sarccophage1sarcohpage2sarcopahge2sarcophaeg2sarcophagge1sarcophgae2
Edit distance from "sarcophage"

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 "sarcophage"?
"sarcophage" is spelled S-A-R-C-O-P-H-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \saʁ.kɔ.faʒ\.
What does "sarcophage" mean?
As an adjective, "sarcophage" means: Qui se nourrit des chairs d'un hôte mort.
What words are commonly confused with "sarcophage"?
"sarcophage" is commonly confused with "sarcophages". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sarcophage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sarcophage" is \saʁ.kɔ.faʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sarcophage" come from?
"sarcophage" 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 "sarcophage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

répressive#29,967répertorié#29,966réorienter#29,965stationner#29,988

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

réjouissent15 variantsrenégocier15 variantstemporelles15 variantsradioactive15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list