savanes

\sa.van\

/\sa.van\/ noun

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The verdict

“savanes” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,035. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,035
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de savane.

Corpus desk

Index FR-savanes · savanes · French

savanes · rank #47,035 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,035
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH samples

Nearest frequency peer: samples (-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 « savanes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « savanes » 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).

savanes vs savons
71% similar
savanes vs savant
71% similar
savanes vs savants
86% similar

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

Key facts for savanes
PropertyValue
Headwordsavanes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.van\
Letters7
Frequency rank#47,035
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « savanes »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).savanesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « samples » (#47,034), « scaphandre » (#47,036), « salvateur » (#47,033). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « savanes » est au #47,035. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around savanes (IPA \sa.van\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,035 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de savane.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for savanes, with forms such as "asvanes", "saavnes", and "savaens". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "savons", "savant", "savants", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is savanes, spelled S-A-V-A-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de savane.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il faut avouer que je m’étais un peu dégentlemanisé dans les savanes ; il n’était pas facile, au premier abord, de reconnaître un visage qu’on croyait sans barbe, en le rencontrant soudain entouré d’une forêt de poils.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asvanes
  • saavnes
  • savaens
  • savaness
  • savannes
  • savanse
  • savnaes
  • savvanes
  • ssavanes
  • svaanes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asvanes2saavnes2savaens2savaness1savannes1savanse2savnaes2savvanes1
Edit distance from "savanes"

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 "savanes"?
"savanes" is spelled S-A-V-A-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.van\.
What does "savanes" mean?
As a noun, "savanes" means: Pluriel de savane.
What words are commonly confused with "savanes"?
"savanes" is commonly confused with "savons", "savant", "savants". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "savanes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "savanes" is \sa.van\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "savanes" come from?
"savanes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

samples#47,034saliver#47,032rénales#47,018sèchent#47,062

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

snacks10 variantsrotules10 variantsterrasser10 variantsremonta10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list