satisfasse

\sa.tis.fas\

/\sa.tis.fas\/ verb

The verdict

“satisfasse” is uncommon French (frequency #69,414 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,414
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de satisfaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-satisfasse · satisfasse · French

satisfasse · rank #69,414 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,414
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sauveterre

Nearest frequency peer: sauveterre (+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 « satisfasse »

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 « satisfasse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for satisfasse
PropertyValue
Headwordsatisfasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sa.tis.fas\
Letters10
Frequency rank#69,414
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « satisfasse » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).satisfassetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « sauveterre » (#69,415), « salière » (#69,412), « Sailly » (#69,411). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « satisfasse » est au #69,414. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

satisfasse is uncommon French at frequency #69,414 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \sa.tis.fas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for satisfasse, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is satisfasse, spelled S-A-T-I-S-F-A-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de satisfaire.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de satisfaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le second effet a été reconnu en quelque sorte par l’expérience, parce qu’on s’est apperçû que souvent la Saignée affoiblissoit la chaleur naturelle ; mais on a remarqué en même-tems, que cet effet est presque toujours très-insuffisant dans les cas où la chaleur est excessive : Que, dans une fiévre par exemple, qui dure plusieurs semaines, la chaleur augm…

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 "satisfasse"?
"satisfasse" is spelled S-A-T-I-S-F-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.tis.fas\.
What does "satisfasse" mean?
As a verb, "satisfasse" means: Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de satisfaire.
How do you pronounce "satisfasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "satisfasse" is \sa.tis.fas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "satisfasse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list