sciences

\sjɑ̃s\

/\sjɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“sciences” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,238
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de science.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sciences · sciences · French

sciences · rank #1,238 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,238
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH secret

Nearest frequency peer: secret (+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 « sciences »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sciences » 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).

sciences vs siennes
75% similar
sciences vs semences
75% similar
sciences vs silences
75% similar

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

Key facts for sciences
PropertyValue
Headwordsciences
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sjɑ̃s\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,238
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sciences »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sciencesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « secret » (#1,239), « russe » (#1,236), « royaume » (#1,235). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sciences » est au #1,238. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around sciences (IPA \sjɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,238 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de science.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sciences, with forms such as "csiences", "scciences", and "sceinces". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "siennes", "semences", "silences", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is sciences, spelled S-C-I-E-N-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de science.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le temps de l’Encyclopédie fut aussi celui des encyclopèdes prenant à peu de frais une vague teinture de toutes les sciences et s’en parant superbement.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • csiences
  • scciences
  • sceinces
  • sciecnes
  • sciencces
  • sciencess
  • sciencse
  • scienecs
  • sciennces
  • scineces
  • sicences
  • ssciences

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

csiences2scciences1sceinces2sciecnes2sciencces1sciencess1sciencse2scienecs2
Edit distance from "sciences"

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 "sciences"?
"sciences" is spelled S-C-I-E-N-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sjɑ̃s\.
What does "sciences" mean?
As a noun, "sciences" means: Pluriel de science.
What words are commonly confused with "sciences"?
"sciences" is commonly confused with "siennes", "semences", "silences". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sciences"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sciences" is \sjɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sciences" come from?
"sciences" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

émission#1,245auraient#1,246habitude#1,230concerne#1,252

Similar misspelling depth

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

tendance12 variantspopulaire12 variantsprovince12 variantsressources12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list