sargasse
\saʁ.ɡas\
The verdict
“sargasse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Algue des mers tropicales, de la famille des fucacées dont les thalles peuvent atteindre plus de 100 mètres. Appelée aussi herbe flottante, raisin de mer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sargasse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \saʁ.ɡas\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sargasse” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sargasse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \saʁ.ɡas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Algue des mers tropicales, de la famille des fucacées dont les thalles peuvent atteindre plus de 100 mètres. Appelée aussi herbe flottante, raisin de mer.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sargasse, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sargasse, spelled S-A-R-G-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Algue des mers tropicales, de la famille des fucacées dont les thalles peuvent atteindre plus de 100 mètres. Appelée aussi herbe flottante, raisin de mer.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “sargasse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-R-G-A-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \saʁ.ɡas\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.