Savard

\sa.vaʁ\

/\sa.vaʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Savard” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,175. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,175
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-savard · Savard · French

Savard · rank #44,175 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,175
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sauta

Nearest frequency peer: sauta (-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 « Savard »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Savard » 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).

Savard vs Simard
67% similar
Savard vs Savary
83% similar
Savard vs savoyard
63% similar

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

Key facts for Savard
PropertyValue
HeadwordSavard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sa.vaʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#44,175
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Savard »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Savardse 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 « sauta » (#44,174), « sata » (#44,173), « scier » (#44,177). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Savard » est au #44,175. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Savard (IPA \sa.vaʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #44,175 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Savard, with forms such as "asvard", "saavrd", and "savadr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Simard", "Savary", "savoyard", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Savard, spelled S-A-V-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Félix-Antoine Savard, écrivain canadien

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asvard
  • saavrd
  • savadr
  • savardd
  • savarrd
  • savrad
  • savvard
  • ssavard
  • svaard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asvard2saavrd2savadr2savardd1savarrd1savrad2savvard1ssavard1
Edit distance from "Savard"

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 "Savard"?
"Savard" is spelled S-A-V-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.vaʁ\.
What does "Savard" mean?
As a proper noun, "Savard" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Savard"?
"Savard" is commonly confused with "Simard", "Savary", "savoyard". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Savard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Savard" is \sa.vaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Savard" come from?
"Savard" 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 "Savard", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

sacrer#44,171Réjean#44,163sorbet#44,195roulis#44,150

Similar misspelling depth

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

reverrai9 variantstatouée9 variantsterrienne9 variantsraciaux9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list