sartine

\saʁ.tin\

/\saʁ.tin\/ noun

The verdict

“sartine” is uncommon French (frequency #99,619 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,619
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Énorme perruque que portaient les juges de parlements, et que portent encore en Angleterre les grands juges, le lord chancelier, l’orateur de la chambre des communes, les avocats.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sartine · sartine · French

sartine · rank #99,619 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,619
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sania

Nearest frequency peer: Sania (-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 « sartine »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sartine » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sartine
PropertyValue
Headwordsartine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\saʁ.tin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#99,619
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sartine » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sartinetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Sania » (#99,618), « satrapes » (#99,620), « sanef » (#99,617). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sartine » est au #99,619. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sartine is uncommon French at frequency #99,619 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \saʁ.tin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Énorme perruque que portaient les juges de parlements, et que portent encore en Angleterre les grands juges, le lord chancelier, l’orateur de la chambre des communes, les avocats.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sartine, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sartine, spelled S-A-R-T-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Énorme perruque que portaient les juges de parlements, et que portent encore en Angleterre les grands juges, le lord chancelier, l’orateur de la chambre des communes, les avocats.

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 "sartine"?
"sartine" is spelled S-A-R-T-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \saʁ.tin\.
What does "sartine" mean?
As a noun, "sartine" means: Énorme perruque que portaient les juges de parlements, et que portent encore en Angleterre les grands juges, le lord chancelier, l’orateur de la chambre des communes, les avocats.
How do you pronounce "sartine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sartine" is \saʁ.tin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sartine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sartine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list