Savoye
The verdict
“Savoye” is uncommon French (frequency #67,873 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,873
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Savoie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-savoye · Savoye · French
Savoye · rank #67,873 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,873
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH satisfaisait
Nearest frequency peer: satisfaisait (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Savoye »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- salez
salez
32,131 corpus weight
- sarouel
sarouel
32,130 corpus weight
- satisfaisait
satisfaisait
32,129 corpus weight
- Savoye
Savoye
32,128 corpus weight
- scellant
scellant
32,127 corpus weight
- segura
segura
32,126 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Savoye » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Savoye |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Savoye » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Savoye is uncommon French at frequency #67,873 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Savoie.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Savoye in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Savoye, spelled S-A-V-O-Y-E.
Definition
- 1Savoie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Savoye appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les anciens ont rapporté comme de main en main que un évesque débiteur à un prince de Savoye luy avoit ypothéqué l’office de vidomnat & le chasteau de l’Isle qui estoit dans Genève environné de l’eau du Rosne & que depuis le voulant désengarier pour le refus des princes de Savoye, l’argent fut consigné à Rome où le différant est demeuré pendant, sans qu’i…
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.
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