savant

\sa.vɑ̃\

/\sa.vɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“savant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,942. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,942
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui sait beaucoup en matière d’érudition ou de science.

Corpus desk

Index FR-savant · savant · French

savant · rank #10,942 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,942
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH réussissent

Nearest frequency peer: réussissent (-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 « savant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « savant » 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).

savant vs savon
67% similar
savant vs savent
83% similar
savant vs savons
67% similar

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

Key facts for savant
PropertyValue
Headwordsavant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sa.vɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,942
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « savant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).savantse 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 « réussissent » (#10,941), « scooter » (#10,943), « réhabilitation » (#10,940). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « savant » est au #10,942. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around savant (IPA \sa.vɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,942 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for savant, with forms such as "asvant", "saavnt", and "savannt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "savon", "savent", "savons", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is savant, spelled S-A-V-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui sait beaucoup en matière d’érudition ou de science.
  2. 2
    Qualifie les ouvrages où il y a de la science, de l’érudition.
  3. 3
    Qui est bien informé de quelque affaire, qui est très habile en quelque chose.
  4. 4
    Qualifie certains animaux dressé à certains exercices.
  5. 5
    Qualifie ceux qui savent des choses qu’ils devraient ignorer.
  6. 6
    Qualifie les choses qui demandent de l’art, de l’habileté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Plaie douloureuse et non mortelle, […], murmura la belle et savante chirurgienne ; passe-moi du baume et prépare de la charpie, Gillonne.
  2. En attendant que ma dissertation résolve enfin le problème géographique qui tient toute l'Europe savante en suspens, je veux vous raconter une petite histoire; (…).

Synonyms

éruditlettré

Antonyms

demi-savant

This word in other languages

educated(English)sabio(Español)gelehrt(Deutsch)especialista(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asvant
  • saavnt
  • savannt
  • savantt
  • savatn
  • savnat
  • savvant
  • ssavant
  • svaant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asvant2saavnt2savannt1savantt1savatn2savnat2savvant1ssavant1
Edit distance from "savant"

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 "savant"?
"savant" is spelled S-A-V-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.vɑ̃\.
What does "savant" mean?
As an adjective, "savant" means: Qui sait beaucoup en matière d’érudition ou de science.
What words are commonly confused with "savant"?
"savant" is commonly confused with "savon", "savent", "savons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "savant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "savant" is \sa.vɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "savant" come from?
"savant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ruiner#10,938soccer#10,947soigné#10,948tendue#10,957

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

thèses9 variantsOxford9 variantsvalises9 variantsverrons9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list