savoureux

\sa.vu.ʁø\

/\sa.vu.ʁø\/ adj

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The verdict

“savoureux” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,813. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,813
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a une bonne saveur, une saveur agréable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-savoureux · savoureux · French

savoureux · rank #17,813 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,813
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH saucisses

Nearest frequency peer: saucisses (-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 « savoureux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « savoureux » 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).

savoureux vs savourer
78% similar
savoureux vs savoureuse
80% similar

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

Key facts for savoureux
PropertyValue
Headwordsavoureux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sa.vu.ʁø\
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,813
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « savoureux »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.savoureuxse 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 « saucisses » (#17,812), « servez » (#17,814), « sacrées » (#17,811). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « savoureux » est au #17,813. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around savoureux (IPA \sa.vu.ʁø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,813 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for savoureux, with forms such as "asvoureux", "saovureux", and "savorueux". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "savourer", "savoureuse", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is savoureux, spelled S-A-V-O-U-R-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a une bonne saveur, une saveur agréable.
  2. 2
    Qui plaît, qui provoque l’intérêt, qui séduit l’esprit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si vous préparez la crème anglaise la veille, elle n'en sera que plus parfumée et plus savoureuse.
  2. Nourries au foin, les biquettes ne donnaient pas un lait aussi savoureux et parfumé. Rien ne valait les pâtures gourmandes du printemps et de l'été.

This word in other languages

delicious(English)rico(Español)delikat(Deutsch)saboroso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asvoureux
  • saovureux
  • savorueux
  • savouerux
  • savoureuxx
  • savourexu
  • savourreux
  • savouruex
  • savuoreux
  • savvoureux
  • ssavoureux
  • svaoureux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of savoureux - 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.

asvoureux2saovureux2savorueux2savouerux2savoureuxx1savourexu2savourreux1savouruex2
Edit distance from "savoureux"

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 "savoureux"?
"savoureux" is spelled S-A-V-O-U-R-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.vu.ʁø\.
What does "savoureux" mean?
As an adjective, "savoureux" means: Qui a une bonne saveur, une saveur agréable.
What words are commonly confused with "savoureux"?
"savoureux" is commonly confused with "savourer", "savoureuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "savoureux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "savoureux" is \sa.vu.ʁø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "savoureux" come from?
"savoureux" 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 "savoureux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

saucisses#17,812simplifié#17,816stimulant#17,828supposant#17,832

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

ruptures12 variantssoftware12 variantsracontée12 variantsplantés12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list