savourer

\sa.vu.ʁe\

/\sa.vu.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“savourer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,757. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,757
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Goûter avec attention et avec plaisir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-savourer · savourer · French

savourer · rank #15,757 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,757
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH saturation

Nearest frequency peer: saturation (-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 « savourer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « savourer » 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).

savourer vs savoureux
78% similar
savourer vs saouler
75% similar
savourer vs saturer
75% similar

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

Key facts for savourer
PropertyValue
Headwordsavourer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sa.vu.ʁe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,757
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « savourer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).savourerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « saturation » (#15,756), « scoop » (#15,758), « saoul » (#15,755). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « savourer » est au #15,757. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around savourer (IPA \sa.vu.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,757 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for savourer, with forms such as "asvourer", "saovurer", and "savoruer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "savoureux", "saouler", "saturer", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is savourer, spelled S-A-V-O-U-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Goûter avec attention et avec plaisir.
  2. 2
    Jouir de quelque chose avec délectation, avec une lenteur qui prolonge le plaisir.
  3. 3
    Ressentir durablement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […], mais l’on n’était qu’en juin et, sauf pour les poires de moisson qui mûrissent en août, il fallait encore attendre longtemps avant de savourer concurremment les pommes du verger et la vengeance désirée.
  2. Macquart, assis sur le meilleur siège, se renversait voluptueusement, sirotant et fumant, en homme qui savoure sa fainéantise.

This word in other languages

savor(English)saborear(Español)naschen(Deutsch)saborear(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asvourer
  • saovurer
  • savoruer
  • savouerr
  • savourerr
  • savourre
  • savourrer
  • savuorer
  • savvourer
  • ssavourer
  • svaourer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of savourer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

asvourer2saovurer2savoruer2savouerr2savourerr1savourre2savourrer1savuorer2
Edit distance from "savourer"

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 "savourer"?
"savourer" is spelled S-A-V-O-U-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.vu.ʁe\.
What does "savourer" mean?
As a verb, "savourer" means: Goûter avec attention et avec plaisir.
What words are commonly confused with "savourer"?
"savourer" is commonly confused with "savoureux", "saouler", "saturer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "savourer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "savourer" is \sa.vu.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "savourer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Slovénie#15,763souliers#15,765Roumains#15,748trompent#15,776

Similar misspelling depth

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

sirènes11 variantsroberts11 variantsrecréer11 variantspénales11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list