sauvegarder

\sov.ɡaʁ.de\

/\sov.ɡaʁ.de\/ verb

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The verdict

“sauvegarder” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,690. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,690
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prendre sous sa sauvegarde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sauvegarder · sauvegarder · French

sauvegarder · rank #13,690 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #13,690
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH salée

Nearest frequency peer: salée (-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 « sauvegarder »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sauvegarder » 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).

sauvegarder vs sauvegarde
91% similar

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

Key facts for sauvegarder
PropertyValue
Headwordsauvegarder
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sov.ɡaʁ.de\
Letters11
Frequency rank#13,690
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sauvegarder »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « salée » (#13,689), « Schmidt » (#13,691), « Schneider » (#13,692). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sauvegarder » est au #13,690. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around sauvegarder (IPA \sov.ɡaʁ.de\), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,690 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for sauvegarder, with forms such as "asuvegarder", "sauevgarder", and "sauveagrder". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sauvegarde", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sauvegarder, spelled S-A-U-V-E-G-A-R-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prendre sous sa sauvegarde.
  2. 2
    Transférer sur un support numérique pour garder une copie, faire une sauvegarde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pendant que les juifs […] s’inquiétaient de sauvegarder leur existence, le roi, faisant argent de tout, battait monnaie des malheurs des juifs.
  2. Sauvegarder des données.

This word in other languages

safeguard(English)salvar(Español)bewahren(Deutsch)salvaguardar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asuvegarder
  • sauevgarder
  • sauveagrder
  • sauvegadrer
  • sauvegardder
  • sauvegarderr
  • sauvegardre
  • sauvegaredr
  • sauvegarrder
  • sauveggarder
  • sauvegrader
  • sauvgearder
  • sauvvegarder
  • savuegarder
  • ssauvegarder
  • suavegarder

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sauvegarder - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

asuvegarder2sauevgarder2sauveagrder2sauvegadrer2sauvegardder1sauvegarderr1sauvegardre2sauvegaredr2
Edit distance from "sauvegarder"

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

récompenser#13,683surprenante#13,698revendiquer#13,680accueillent#13,723

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

confronter16 variantsdéveloppant16 variantsdeviendrait16 variantsinscrivent16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list