saturé

\sa.ty.ʁe\

/\sa.ty.ʁe\/ adj

The verdict

“saturé” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,873. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,873
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui a atteint la saturation, qui ne peut plus rien accepter de plus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sature · saturé · French

saturé · rank #18,873 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,873
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 394,209
  • PHOTO-FINISH Saoudien

Nearest frequency peer: Saoudien (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “saturé”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “saturé” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

saturé vs sure
50% similar
saturé vs situé
67% similar
saturé vs sauvé
67% similar

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

Key facts for saturé
PropertyValue
Headwordsaturé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sa.ty.ʁe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,873
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “saturé” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). saturé lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around saturé (IPA \sa.ty.ʁe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,873 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for saturé, with forms such as "asturé", "satrué", and "satturé". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sure", "situé", "sauvé", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is saturé, spelled S-A-T-U-R-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a atteint la saturation, qui ne peut plus rien accepter de plus.
  2. 2
    Qui a atteint la saturation, qui ne peut plus rien accepter de plus.
  3. 3
    Qui a atteint la saturation, qui ne peut plus rien accepter de plus.
  4. 4
    Qualifie un sol ou un horizon dont le rapport S/T est élevé.
  5. 5
    Comblé, rempli au maximum.
  6. 6
    Se dit d'hydrocarbure linéaire, ramifié ou non, où tous les atomes de carbones sont liés entres eux par une liaison simple. → voir alcane

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asturé
  • satrué
  • satturé
  • sature
  • saturré
  • satuér
  • sautré
  • ssaturé
  • stauré

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saturé - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

asturé2satrué2satturé1sature1saturré1satuér2sautré2ssaturé1
Edit distance from "saturé"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "saturé"?
"saturé" is spelled S-A-T-U-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.ty.ʁe\.
What does "saturé" mean?
As an adjective, "saturé" means: Qui a atteint la saturation, qui ne peut plus rien accepter de plus.
What words are commonly confused with "saturé"?
"saturé" is commonly confused with "sure", "situé", "sauvé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "saturé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saturé" is \sa.ty.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saturé" come from?
"saturé" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list