sarrasin
\sa.ʁa.zɛ̃\
The verdict
“sarrasin” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,738. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,738
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux Sarrasins.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sarrasin · sarrasin · French
sarrasin · rank #28,738 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,738
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sanglants
Nearest frequency peer: sanglants (-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 « sarrasin »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- saisissent
saisissent
71,267 corpus weight
- sanglants
sanglants
71,264 corpus weight
- sarrasin
sarrasin
71,263 corpus weight
- sauvons
sauvons
71,262 corpus weight
- scooters
scooters
71,261 corpus weight
- seigle
seigle
71,260 corpus weight
What this shows « sarrasin » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sarrasin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sa.ʁa.zɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,738 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sarrasin »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around sarrasin (IPA \sa.ʁa.zɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,738 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sarrasin, with forms such as "asrrasin", "sararsin", and "sarasin". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sarrazin", "sarrasins", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sarrasin, spelled S-A-R-R-A-S-I-N.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux Sarrasins.
- 2Arabe, oriental, mauresque.
- 3Relatif aux Sarrasins, en parlant d’une chose.
- 4Qui provient des Sarrasins du Moyen Âge ou qui les évoque, en parlant d’une personne, de son aspect.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sarrasin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout l’aspect de ce guerrier, comme celui de sa suite, était sauvage et étrange ; l’habit de ses écuyers était resplendissant, et les serviteurs sarrasins portaient autour de leur cou des colliers d’argent.
Les uns prétendent que l’arc tiers-point existait en Égypte, en Syrie, en Perse ; les autres le considèrent ainsi qu’un dérivé de l’art sarrasin et de l’art arabe ; et rien n’est moins démontré, à coup sûr.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asrrasin
- sararsin
- sarasin
- sarraisn
- sarrasinn
- sarrasni
- sarrassin
- sarrsain
- srarasin
- ssarrasin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sarrasin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).