savannah

\sa.va.na\

/\sa.va.na\/ noun

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The verdict

“savannah” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,141. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,141
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Race de grand chat, originaire des États-Unis, issu de croisements avec le serval, à poil court et à robe tabby tachetée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-savannah · savannah · French

savannah · rank #29,141 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,141
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH saturés

Nearest frequency peer: saturés (-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 « savannah »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « savannah » 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 savannah
PropertyValue
Headwordsavannah
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.va.na\
Letters8
Frequency rank#29,141
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « savannah »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).savannahse 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 « saturés » (#29,140), « sceptre » (#29,142), « saouler » (#29,139). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « savannah » est au #29,141. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around savannah (IPA \sa.va.na\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,141 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Race de grand chat, originaire des États-Unis, issu de croisements avec le serval, à poil court et à robe tabby tachetée.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for savannah, with forms such as "asvannah", "saavnnah", and "savanah". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 savannah, spelled S-A-V-A-N-N-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Race de grand chat, originaire des États-Unis, issu de croisements avec le serval, à poil court et à robe tabby tachetée.

This word in other languages

savannah(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asvannah
  • saavnnah
  • savanah
  • savananh
  • savannahh
  • savannha
  • savnanah
  • savvannah
  • ssavannah
  • svaannah

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asvannah2saavnnah2savanah1savananh2savannahh1savannha2savnanah2savvannah1
Edit distance from "savannah"

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 "savannah"?
"savannah" is spelled S-A-V-A-N-N-A-H. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.va.na\.
What does "savannah" mean?
As a noun, "savannah" means: Race de grand chat, originaire des États-Unis, issu de croisements avec le serval, à poil court et à robe tabby tachetée.
What are common misspellings of "savannah"?
Common misspellings include "asvannah", "saavnnah", "savanah", "savananh", "savannahh". The correct spelling is "savannah".
How do you pronounce "savannah"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "savannah" is \sa.va.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "savannah" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sculptés#29,144réticent#29,135résigner#29,134Rodrigue#29,124

Similar misspelling depth

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

schmitt10 variantsSalazar10 variantsSolomon10 variantstyrans10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list