sautoir

\so.twaʁ\

/\so.twaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“sautoir” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,605. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,605
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce de harnais de chevalier qui était attachée à la selle de son cheval.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sautoir · sautoir · French

sautoir · rank #42,605 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,605
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH savoyarde

Nearest frequency peer: savoyarde (+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 « sautoir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sautoir » 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).

sautoir vs savoir
71% similar
sautoir vs sauter
71% similar
sautoir vs sautait
71% similar

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

Key facts for sautoir
PropertyValue
Headwordsautoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\so.twaʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,605
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sautoir »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sautoirse 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 « savoyarde » (#42,606), « salma » (#42,603), « scandaleuses » (#42,607). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sautoir » est au #42,605. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around sautoir (IPA \so.twaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,605 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sautoir, with forms such as "asutoir", "satuoir", and "sauotir". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "savoir", "sauter", "sautait", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 sautoir, spelled S-A-U-T-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce de harnais de chevalier qui était attachée à la selle de son cheval.
  2. 2
    Disposition de deux objets en X, en croix de saint André. On ne l’emploie guère que dans la locution en sautoir.
  3. 3
    Pièce honorable, réunion de la bande et de la barre.
  4. 4
    Long collier de perles ou d'autres matières qui descend très bas sur la poitrine (par analogie de forme avec la pièce de harnais du même nom).
  5. 5
    Espèce de casserole à bords droits et peu hauts, tourtière.
  6. 6
    Piste d’élan pour le saut en hauteur ou en longueur, le saut à la perche ou le triple saut.
  7. 7
    Tremplin pour le saut à ski.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le sautoir servait au chevalier d'étrier pour sauter sur son cheval.
  2. Deux pièces de bois mises en sautoir.

This word in other languages

saltire(English)collar(Español)Halskette(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asutoir
  • satuoir
  • sauotir
  • sautior
  • sautoirr
  • sautori
  • sauttoir
  • ssautoir
  • suatoir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asutoir2satuoir2sauotir2sautior2sautoirr1sautori2sauttoir1ssautoir1
Edit distance from "sautoir"

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 "sautoir"?
"sautoir" is spelled S-A-U-T-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \so.twaʁ\.
What does "sautoir" mean?
As a noun, "sautoir" means: Pièce de harnais de chevalier qui était attachée à la selle de son cheval.
What words are commonly confused with "sautoir"?
"sautoir" is commonly confused with "savoir", "sauter", "sautait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sautoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sautoir" is \so.twaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sautoir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sadisme#42,602schwarz#42,608scribes#42,610réglant#42,595

Similar misspelling depth

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

shades9 variantsShinji9 variantsrondeau9 variantssouillée9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list