satisfaire

\sa.tis.fɛʁ\

/\sa.tis.fɛʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“satisfaire” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,988. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,988
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contenter ; donner satisfaction (à).

Corpus desk

Index FR-satisfaire · satisfaire · French

satisfaire · rank #4,988 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,988
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH républicain

Nearest frequency peer: républicain (-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 « satisfaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « satisfaire » 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).

satisfaire vs satisfait
80% similar
satisfaire vs satisfaits
80% similar
satisfaire vs satisfaite
90% similar

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

Key facts for satisfaire
PropertyValue
Headwordsatisfaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sa.tis.fɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,988
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « satisfaire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).satisfairese 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 « républicain » (#4,987), « sauvages » (#4,989), « réparer » (#4,986). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « satisfaire » est au #4,988. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around satisfaire (IPA \sa.tis.fɛʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,988 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for satisfaire, with forms such as "astisfaire", "saitsfaire", and "satifsaire". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "satisfait", "satisfaits", "satisfaite", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is satisfaire, spelled S-A-T-I-S-F-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contenter ; donner satisfaction (à).
  2. 2
    Donner à quelqu'un la réparation qu'il attend.
  3. 3
    Plaire à.
  4. 4
    intransitif Faire ce qu’on doit par rapport à quelque chose, s’acquitter d’une obligation, répondre à une exigence.
  5. 5
    intransitif Faire ce qu’on doit par rapport à quelque chose, s’acquitter d’une obligation, répondre à une exigence.
  6. 6
    Contenter le désir qu’on a de quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De temps en temps, il en détache de menus fragments, il en agite de pauvres petites images, comme pour mieux aguicher notre curiosité, avec l'intention, peut-être ironique, de ne la satisfaire jamais.
  2. Satisfaction, le mot est bon, meilleur que le mot bonheur, que je vois partout employé et qui ne veut rien dire. J’aurais dû commencer par me demander : « Qu’est-ce qui peut me satisfaire ?... »

Synonyms

contentercomblercombler d'aiseexaucerrépondresuffire

This word in other languages

satisfy(English)satisfacer(Español)befriedigen(Deutsch)satisfazer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • astisfaire
  • saitsfaire
  • satifsaire
  • satisafire
  • satisfaier
  • satisfairre
  • satisfarie
  • satisffaire
  • satisfiare
  • satissfaire
  • satsifaire
  • sattisfaire
  • ssatisfaire
  • staisfaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of satisfaire - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

astisfaire2saitsfaire2satifsaire2satisafire2satisfaier2satisfairre1satisfarie2satisffaire1
Edit distance from "satisfaire"

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 "satisfaire"?
"satisfaire" is spelled S-A-T-I-S-F-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.tis.fɛʁ\.
What does "satisfaire" mean?
As a verb, "satisfaire" means: Contenter ; donner satisfaction (à).
What words are commonly confused with "satisfaire"?
"satisfaire" is commonly confused with "satisfait", "satisfaits", "satisfaite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "satisfaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "satisfaire" is \sa.tis.fɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "satisfaire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

régionales#4,985supérieurs#4,995suspension#4,996philosophe#4,968

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

sensibles14 variantsuniverselle14 variantsprononcer14 variantsmédiatique14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list