saul

\sol\

/\sol\/ noun

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The verdict

“saul” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,022
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbre d’Inde de la famille des diptérocarpées, employé dans les constructions. — (Revue britannique, février 1876, page 283)

Corpus desk

Index FR-saul · saul · French

saul · rank #23,022 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,022
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH saucisson

Nearest frequency peer: saucisson (-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 « saul »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « saul » 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).

saul vs su
50% similar
saul vs SL
0% similar
saul vs sur
50% similar

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

Key facts for saul
PropertyValue
Headwordsaul
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sol\
Letters4
Frequency rank#23,022
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « saul »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).saulse 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 « saucisson » (#23,021), « scolarisation » (#23,023), « Salomé » (#23,020). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « saul » est au #23,022. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around saul (IPA \sol\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,022 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Arbre d’Inde de la famille des diptérocarpées, employé dans les constructions. — (Revue britannique, février 1876, page 283)".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for saul, with forms such as "asul", "salu", and "saull". 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, "su", "SL", "sur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is saul, spelled S-A-U-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arbre d’Inde de la famille des diptérocarpées, employé dans les constructions. — (Revue britannique, février 1876, page 283)

This word in other languages

sal(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asul
  • salu
  • saull
  • ssaul
  • sual

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saul - 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.

asul2salu2saull1ssaul1sual2
Edit distance from "saul"

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 "saul"?
"saul" is spelled S-A-U-L. The IPA pronunciation is \sol\.
What does "saul" mean?
As a noun, "saul" means: Arbre d’Inde de la famille des diptérocarpées, employé dans les constructions. — (Revue britannique, février 1876, page 283)
What words are commonly confused with "saul"?
"saul" is commonly confused with "su", "SL", "sur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "saul"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saul" is \sol\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saul" come from?
"saul" 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 "saul", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sève#23,043têtu#23,059pope#22,979walk#23,069

Similar misspelling depth

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

Rocco5 variantspiaf5 variantsMOOC5 variantsMaud5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list