Savigny

/\sa.vi.ɲi\/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,806

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Savigny is aFrenchname. It means: Commune française, située dans le département de la Manche. Pronounced \sa.vi.ɲi\. Often confused with savions and Sévigné.

Key facts for Savigny
PropertyValue
HeadwordSavigny
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\sa.vi.ɲi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,806
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Savigny is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sa.vi.ɲi\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,806 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Savigny, with forms such as "asvigny", "saivgny", and "savginy". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "savions", "Sévigné", "saigné", 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 Savigny, spelled S-A-V-I-G-N-Y, 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 de la Manche.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Haute-Marne.
  3. 3
    Commune française, située dans le département du Rhône.
  4. 4
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Haute-Savoie.
  5. 5
    Commune française, située dans le département des Vosges.
  6. 6
    Ancien nom de la commune française Savigny-sous-Faye.
  7. 7
    Ancien nom de la commune française Savigny-en-Véron.
  8. 8
    Nom court de Savigny-sur-Orge, comme française de l’Essonne.
  9. 9
    Commune du canton de Vaud en Suisse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asvigny,saivgny,savginy,saviggny,savignny,savignyy,savigyn,savingy,savvigny,ssavigny,svaigny

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Savigny

Misspelling Variants of "Savigny"

asvigny7saivgny7savginy7saviggny8savignny8savignyy8savigyn7savingy7
Misspelling Variants of "Savigny"

Frequency rank: #25,806 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Savigny"?
"Savigny" is spelled S-A-V-I-G-N-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.vi.ɲi\.
What does "Savigny" mean?
As a name, "Savigny" means: Commune française, située dans le département de la Manche.
What words are commonly confused with "Savigny"?
"Savigny" is commonly confused with "savions", "Sévigné", "saigné". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Savigny"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Savigny" is \sa.vi.ɲi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Savigny" come from?
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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.