saucisson

/\so.si.sɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,021

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

saucisson is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sorte de grosse saucisse d’un goût relevé. Pronounced \so.si.sɔ̃\. Often confused with saucisse and saucisses.

Key facts for saucisson
PropertyValue
Headwordsaucisson
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\so.si.sɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,021
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of saucisson in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for saucisson is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \so.si.sɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,021 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for saucisson, with forms such as "asucisson", "sacuisson", and "sauccisson". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "saucisse", "saucisses", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is saucisson, spelled S-A-U-C-I-S-S-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de grosse saucisse d’un goût relevé.
  2. 2
    Boudin de toile de deux à trois centimètres de diamètre rempli de poudre pour porter le feu à une mine.
  3. 3
    Fascine qu’on emploie pour revêtir les talus intérieurs et les embrasures des batteries.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asucisson,sacuisson,sauccisson,saucison,saucisosn,saucissno,saucissonn,saucsison,sauicsson,ssaucisson,suacisson

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for saucisson

Misspelling Variants of "saucisson"

asucisson9sacuisson9sauccisson10saucison8saucisosn9saucissno9saucissonn10saucsison9
Misspelling Variants of "saucisson"

Frequency rank: #23,021 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "saucisson"?
"saucisson" is spelled S-A-U-C-I-S-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \so.si.sɔ̃\.
What does "saucisson" mean?
As a noun, "saucisson" means: Sorte de grosse saucisse d’un goût relevé.
What words are commonly confused with "saucisson"?
"saucisson" is commonly confused with "saucisse", "saucisses". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "saucisson"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saucisson" is \so.si.sɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saucisson" come from?
"saucisson" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.