savoisien
\sa.vwa.zjɛ̃\
The verdict
“savoisien” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la Savoie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-savoisien · savoisien · French
savoisien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | savoisien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sa.vwa.zjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « savoisien » en français
Rare enough to double-check
savoisien is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sa.vwa.zjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à la Savoie.".
savoisien doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is savoisien, spelled S-A-V-O-I-S-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Relatif à la Savoie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how savoisien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si votre excellence me le permet, je lui dirai avec esprit de liberté, que je suis né, nourri et instruit, et tantôt envieilli en une solide fidélité envers notre prince souverain, à laquelle ma profession outre cela, et toutes les considérations humaines qui peuvent se faire, me tiennent étroitement lié. Je suis essentiellement savoisien, et moi et tous…
La ligue savoisienne est un parti politique indépendantiste savoisien fondé en 1995 par Jean de Pingon.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.