savate
\sa.vat\
The verdict
“savate” is an uncommon French word, ranked #61,881 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,881
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vieille pantoufle, vieux soulier très usé.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | savate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.vat\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,881 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “savate” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for savate is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sa.vat\. Corpus data places it at rank #61,881 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
savate doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is savate, spelled S-A-V-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Vieille pantoufle, vieux soulier très usé.
- 2Sport de combat où le pied joue le principal rôle.
- 3Réglisse en gros bâton.
- 4Tongs, dites savates deux doigts.
- 5Pièce de bois solidaire au navire, que l'on place en dessous pour permettre de glisser lors de la mise à l'eau.
This word in other languages
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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Using “savate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-V-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sa.vat\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.