saumon

\so.mɔ̃\

/\so.mɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“saumon” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,783. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,783
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poisson de la famille des salmonidés dont la chair est très appréciée et qui remonte les rivières au moment du frai.

Corpus desk

Index FR-saumon · saumon · French

saumon · rank #10,783 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,783
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH seniors

Nearest frequency peer: seniors (+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 « saumon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « saumon » 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).

saumon vs sumo
67% similar
saumon vs Simon
50% similar
saumon vs savon
67% similar

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

Key facts for saumon
PropertyValue
Headwordsaumon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\so.mɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,783
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « saumon »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.saumonse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « seniors » (#10,784), « ruisseau » (#10,781), « sieste » (#10,785). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « saumon » est au #10,783. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around saumon (IPA \so.mɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,783 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for saumon, with forms such as "asumon", "samuon", and "saummon". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sumo", "Simon", "savon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is saumon, spelled S-A-U-M-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poisson de la famille des salmonidés dont la chair est très appréciée et qui remonte les rivières au moment du frai.
  2. 2
    Chair de ce poisson, consommée par l'homme.
  3. 3
    Lingot de métal obtenu en fonderie.
  4. 4
    Caisson allongé servant de carénage à l’extrémité d’une aile d’avion.
  5. 5
    Bloc de matériau dans lequel est taillé par fraisage le modèle original.
  6. 6
    Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Il se blasonne comme n’importe quel poisson.
  7. 7
    Cycliste urbain roulant à contre-sens.
  8. 8
    Nom donné par analogie de forme — elles sont longues — aux boîtes de dérivation ou de raccordement étanches que l’on enterre dans le sol.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On pêche fréquemment dans le Rhône le barbeau et le goujon, quelquefois la truite ordinaire, la truite saumonée et même le saumon, le plus souvent la carpe, le brochet et les deux espèces d'anguilles de nos marais , que distinguent fort bien nos pêcheurs et mieux encore nos gourmets. A certaines époques, on y prend des esturgeons et des aloses en grande q…
  2. Faites une pâte à koulibiac, puis garnissez l’intérieur de tranches de saumon épluché et débarrassé des arêtes.

This word in other languages

salmon(English)salmón(Español)Lachs(Deutsch)salmão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asumon
  • samuon
  • saummon
  • saumno
  • saumonn
  • sauomn
  • ssaumon
  • suamon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asumon2samuon2saummon1saumno2saumonn1sauomn2ssaumon1suamon2
Edit distance from "saumon"

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 "saumon"?
"saumon" is spelled S-A-U-M-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \so.mɔ̃\.
What does "saumon" mean?
As a noun, "saumon" means: Poisson de la famille des salmonidés dont la chair est très appréciée et qui remonte les rivières au moment du frai.
What words are commonly confused with "saumon"?
"saumon" is commonly confused with "sumo", "Simon", "savon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "saumon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saumon" is \so.mɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saumon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sieste#10,785signés#10,786sympas#10,794palace#10,759

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

ruisseau8 variantsVénus8 variantsnéant8 variantsaboutit8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list