sauge

\soʒ\

/\soʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“sauge” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,528. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,528
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Membre du genre Salvia, plantes souvent aromatiques de la famille des lamiacées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sauge · sauge · French

sauge · rank #41,528 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,528
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Saturn

Nearest frequency peer: Saturn (-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 « sauge »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sauge » 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).

sauge vs saut
60% similar
sauge vs sure
60% similar
sauge vs Saxe
40% similar

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

Key facts for sauge
PropertyValue
Headwordsauge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\soʒ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#41,528
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sauge »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).saugese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Saturn » (#41,527), « sautait » (#41,529), « Saturday » (#41,526). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sauge » est au #41,528. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around sauge (IPA \soʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,528 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sauge, with forms such as "asuge", "sague", and "saueg". 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, "saut", "sure", "Saxe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sauge, spelled S-A-U-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Membre du genre Salvia, plantes souvent aromatiques de la famille des lamiacées.
  2. 2
    Salvia officinalis, la sauge officinale, espèce à feuilles ridées et un peu épaisses, qui est employée comme tonique.
  3. 3
    Nom donné à de nombreuses plantes d’aspect ou d’usage similaire à la sauge officinale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ici de la verveine en fleur… là, trois brins de sauge cueillis à minuit dans le cimetière de ceux qui sont morts par l’épée.
  2. Des lavandes faisaient bordure devant une touffe de sauge, deux ou trois rosiers pomponnants et un épais buisson d'herbe de la pampa arborant ses plumets vaniteusement décoratifs.

This word in other languages

sage(English)salvia(Español)Salbei(Deutsch)salva(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asuge
  • sague
  • saueg
  • saugge
  • ssauge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sauge - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

asuge2sague2saueg2saugge1ssauge1
Edit distance from "sauge"

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 "sauge"?
"sauge" is spelled S-A-U-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \soʒ\.
What does "sauge" mean?
As a noun, "sauge" means: Membre du genre Salvia, plantes souvent aromatiques de la famille des lamiacées.
What words are commonly confused with "sauge"?
"sauge" is commonly confused with "saut", "sure", "Saxe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sauge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sauge" is \soʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sauge" come from?
"sauge" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Usain#41,582polir#41,459Pirée#41,453above#41,621

Similar misspelling depth

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

Sato5 variantspuit5 variantsZeit5 variantsaises5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list