sauvagerie

\so.vaʒ.ʁi\

/\so.vaʒ.ʁi\/ noun

The verdict

“sauvagerie” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,176. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,176
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État des hommes sauvages.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sauvagerie · sauvagerie · French

sauvagerie · rank #32,176 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,176
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sauveteurs

Nearest frequency peer: sauveteurs (+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 « sauvagerie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sauvagerie » 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
Key facts for sauvagerie
PropertyValue
Headwordsauvagerie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\so.vaʒ.ʁi\
Letters10
Frequency rank#32,176
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sauvagerie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sauvageriese 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 « sauveteurs » (#32,177), « S4 » (#32,174), « sauvignon » (#32,178). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sauvagerie » est au #32,176. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around sauvagerie (IPA \so.vaʒ.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,176 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sauvagerie, with forms such as "asuvagerie", "sauavgerie", and "sauvaegrie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sauvagerie, spelled S-A-U-V-A-G-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    État des hommes sauvages.
  2. 2
    Manière, humeur, habitudes sauvages.
  3. 3
    Caractère sauvage, inhospitalier, d'un lieu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette enfant, dont le père mourut fou, était une grande créature, mince, pâle, aux regards effarés, d’une singularité d’allures qu’on put prendre pour de la sauvagerie tant qu’elle resta petite fille.
  2. J’avais commencé par refuser, me souciant assez peu de le revoir. … Mais Rouché revint à la charge et, devant son aimable insistance, céda ma sauvagerie.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asuvagerie
  • sauavgerie
  • sauvaegrie
  • sauvageire
  • sauvagerei
  • sauvagerrie
  • sauvaggerie
  • sauvagreie
  • sauvgaerie
  • sauvvagerie
  • savuagerie
  • ssauvagerie
  • suavagerie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asuvagerie2sauavgerie2sauvaegrie2sauvageire2sauvagerei2sauvagerrie1sauvaggerie1sauvagreie2
Edit distance from "sauvagerie"

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 "sauvagerie"?
"sauvagerie" is spelled S-A-U-V-A-G-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \so.vaʒ.ʁi\.
What does "sauvagerie" mean?
As a noun, "sauvagerie" means: État des hommes sauvages.
What are common misspellings of "sauvagerie"?
Common misspellings include "asuvagerie", "sauavgerie", "sauvaegrie", "sauvageire", "sauvagerei". The correct spelling is "sauvagerie".
How do you pronounce "sauvagerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sauvagerie" is \so.vaʒ.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sauvagerie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list