Savigny

\sa.vi.ɲi\

/\sa.vi.ɲi\/ name

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The verdict

“Savigny” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,806. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,806
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Manche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-savigny · Savigny · French

Savigny · rank #25,806 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,806
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sarcasme

Nearest frequency peer: sarcasme (-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 « Savigny »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Savigny » 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).

Savigny vs savions
57% similar
Savigny vs Sévigné
71% similar
Savigny vs saigné
57% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Savigny »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Savignyse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sarcasme » (#25,805), « sceller » (#25,807), « révélait » (#25,804). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Savigny » est au #25,806. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Savigny (IPA \sa.vi.ɲi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,806 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Savigny, spelled S-A-V-I-G-N-Y.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Du côté des Lions de Savigny, Ivan Acuna, l’un des meilleurs joueurs de D1, présente de formidables statistiques.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asvigny
  • saivgny
  • savginy
  • saviggny
  • savignny
  • savignyy
  • savigyn
  • savingy
  • savvigny
  • ssavigny
  • svaigny

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Savigny - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

asvigny2saivgny2savginy2saviggny1savignny1savignyy1savigyn2savingy2
Edit distance from "Savigny"

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 "Savigny"?
"Savigny" is spelled S-A-V-I-G-N-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.vi.ɲi\.
What does "Savigny" mean?
As a proper noun, "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?
"Savigny" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Savigny", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sceller#25,807Richter#25,796Stefano#25,818strange#25,821

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

silicone11 variantsRabelais11 variantspubliait11 variantspressant11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list