sauvegarde

\sov.ɡaʁd\

/\sov.ɡaʁd\/ noun

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The verdict

“sauvegarde” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,626. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,626
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Protection accordée par une autorité quelconque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sauvegarde · sauvegarde · French

sauvegarde · rank #7,626 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,626
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH résidences

Nearest frequency peer: résidences (-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 « sauvegarde »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sauvegarde » 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).

sauvegarde vs sauvegarder
91% similar

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

Key facts for sauvegarde
PropertyValue
Headwordsauvegarde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sov.ɡaʁd\
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,626
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sauvegarde »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sauvegardese 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 « résidences » (#7,625), « silencieux » (#7,627), « singe » (#7,628). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sauvegarde » est au #7,626. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around sauvegarde (IPA \sov.ɡaʁd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,626 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for sauvegarde, with forms such as "asuvegarde", "sauevgarde", and "sauveagrde". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sauvegarder", 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, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sauvegarde, spelled S-A-U-V-E-G-A-R-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Protection accordée par une autorité quelconque.
  2. 2
    Titre, de l’écrit par lequel cette protection est accordée.
  3. 3
    Personne ou d’une chose qui sert de garantie, de défense contre un danger qu’on redoute.
  4. 4
    Action de mettre en sécurité des informations importantes.
  5. 5
    Les données sécurisées elles-mêmes.
  6. 6
    Bande de papier faite pour protéger les gardes des livres pendant la reliure.
  7. 7
    Cordage permettant de retenir quelque chose.
  8. 8
    Ensemble des dispositions prévues lors de la campagne de lancement ou de la rentrée atmosphérique d’un engin spatial afin d’assurer la sécurité des personnes et des biens dans les espaces terrestres, maritimes et aériens.
  9. 9
    Résultat des dispositions de sauvegarde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est en la protection et sauvegarde du roi.
  2. Il s’est placé sous la sauvegarde de la justice.

Synonyms

archivagearchivedump

This word in other languages

protection(English)salvaguardia(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asuvegarde
  • sauevgarde
  • sauveagrde
  • sauvegadre
  • sauvegardde
  • sauvegared
  • sauvegarrde
  • sauveggarde
  • sauvegrade
  • sauvgearde
  • sauvvegarde
  • savuegarde
  • ssauvegarde
  • suavegarde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asuvegarde2sauevgarde2sauveagrde2sauvegadre2sauvegardde1sauvegared2sauvegarrde1sauveggarde1
Edit distance from "sauvegarde"

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 "sauvegarde"?
"sauvegarde" is spelled S-A-U-V-E-G-A-R-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sov.ɡaʁd\.
What does "sauvegarde" mean?
As a noun, "sauvegarde" means: Protection accordée par une autorité quelconque.
What words are commonly confused with "sauvegarde"?
"sauvegarde" is commonly confused with "sauvegarder". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sauvegarde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sauvegarde" is \sov.ɡaʁd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sauvegarde" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

résidences#7,625silencieux#7,627soumission#7,629ressembler#7,620

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

renverser14 variantsproposées14 variantsémergence14 variantsmortalité14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list