Saverne

/\sa.vɛʁn\/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,864

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Saverne is aFrenchname. It means: Commune française située dans le département du Bas-Rhin. Pronounced \sa.vɛʁn\. Often confused with Séverine and savent.

Key facts for Saverne
PropertyValue
HeadwordSaverne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\sa.vɛʁn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,864
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Saverne in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Saverne is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sa.vɛʁn\. Corpus data places it at rank #45,864 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Saverne, with forms such as "asverne", "saevrne", and "savenre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Séverine", "savent", "savane", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Saverne, spelled S-A-V-E-R-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française située dans le département du Bas-Rhin.
  2. 2
    Canton français, situé dans le département du Bas-Rhin.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asverne,saevrne,savenre,saveren,savernne,saverrne,savrene,savverne,ssaverne,svaerne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Saverne

Misspelling Variants of "Saverne"

asverne7saevrne7savenre7saveren7savernne8saverrne8savrene7savverne8
Misspelling Variants of "Saverne"

Frequency rank: #45,864 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Saverne"?
"Saverne" is spelled S-A-V-E-R-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.vɛʁn\.
What does "Saverne" mean?
As a name, "Saverne" means: Commune française située dans le département du Bas-Rhin.
What words are commonly confused with "Saverne"?
"Saverne" is commonly confused with "Séverine", "savent", "savane". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Saverne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Saverne" is \sa.vɛʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Saverne" come from?
"Saverne" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.