savarin
\sa.va.ʁɛ̃\
The verdict
“savarin” is uncommon French (frequency #71,901 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,901
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gâteau moelleux généralement en forme de couronne, proche du baba au rhum.
Corpus desk
Index FR-savarin · savarin · French
savarin · rank #71,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,901
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH saunas
Nearest frequency peer: saunas (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « savarin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Sarraute
Sarraute
28,103 corpus weight
- satiné
satiné
28,102 corpus weight
- saunas
saunas
28,101 corpus weight
- savarin
savarin
28,100 corpus weight
- scary
scary
28,099 corpus weight
- scat
scat
28,098 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « savarin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | savarin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.va.ʁɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « savarin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
savarin is uncommon French at frequency #71,901 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.va.ʁɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gâteau moelleux généralement en forme de couronne, proche du baba au rhum.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for savarin, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is savarin, spelled S-A-V-A-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1Gâteau moelleux généralement en forme de couronne, proche du baba au rhum.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how savarin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle suivait la rue Turbigo, revenait dix fois, pour passer devant les gâteaux aux amandes, les saint-honoré, les savarins, les flans, les tartes aux fruits, les assiettes de babas, d’éclairs, de choux à la crème.
Il laissait musiquer les noms enchanteurs qui avaient résonné autrefois à son oreille : linzer, colisées, pithiviers, souvaroffs, reine-de-saba, sultane, savarins, colombiers de la Pentecôte…
Synonyms
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.
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