Sardaigne

/\saʁ.dɛɲ\/ name

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,558

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Sardaigne is aFrenchname. It means: Deuxième plus grande île de Méditerranée après la Sicile, baignée par la mer Tyrrhénienne (autrefois aussi appelée mer Sardonienne) à l’est et la Méditerranée occidentale à l’ouest. Pronounced \saʁ.dɛɲ\. Often confused with sardine.

Key facts for Sardaigne
PropertyValue
HeadwordSardaigne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\saʁ.dɛɲ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,558
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Sardaigne in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Sardaigne is 9 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \saʁ.dɛɲ\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,558 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Sardaigne, with forms such as "asrdaigne", "sadraigne", and "saradigne". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sardine", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Sardaigne, spelled S-A-R-D-A-I-G-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième plus grande île de Méditerranée après la Sicile, baignée par la mer Tyrrhénienne (autrefois aussi appelée mer Sardonienne) à l’est et la Méditerranée occidentale à l’ouest.
  2. 2
    Région d’Italie, correspondant à cette île, où se trouve Cagliari.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asrdaigne,sadraigne,saradigne,sardagine,sardaigen,sardaiggne,sardaignne,sardainge,sarddaigne,sardiagne,sarrdaigne,sradaigne,ssardaigne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Sardaigne

Misspelling Variants of "Sardaigne"

asrdaigne9sadraigne9saradigne9sardagine9sardaigen9sardaiggne10sardaignne10sardainge9
Misspelling Variants of "Sardaigne"

Frequency rank: #17,558 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sardaigne"?
"Sardaigne" is spelled S-A-R-D-A-I-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \saʁ.dɛɲ\.
What does "Sardaigne" mean?
As a name, "Sardaigne" means: Deuxième plus grande île de Méditerranée après la Sicile, baignée par la mer Tyrrhénienne (autrefois aussi appelée mer Sardonienne) à l’est et la Méditerranée occidentale à l’ouest.
What words are commonly confused with "Sardaigne"?
"Sardaigne" is commonly confused with "sardine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sardaigne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sardaigne" is \saʁ.dɛɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sardaigne" come from?
"Sardaigne" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.