seigneur

\sɛ.ɲœʁ\

/\sɛ.ɲœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“seigneur” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,149. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,149
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maître, possesseur d’un pays, d’un État, d’une terre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-seigneur · seigneur · French

seigneur · rank #1,149 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,149
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH raisons

Nearest frequency peer: raisons (-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 « seigneur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « seigneur » 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).

seigneur vs signer
75% similar
seigneur vs soigner
75% similar
seigneur vs seigneurs
89% similar

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

Key facts for seigneur
PropertyValue
Headwordseigneur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛ.ɲœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,149
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « seigneur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).seigneurse 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 « raisons » (#1,148), « sorti » (#1,150), « pose » (#1,147). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « seigneur » est au #1,149. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around seigneur (IPA \sɛ.ɲœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,149 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for seigneur, with forms such as "esigneur", "segineur", and "seigenur". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "signer", "soigner", "seigneurs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 seigneur, spelled S-E-I-G-N-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maître, possesseur d’un pays, d’un État, d’une terre.
  2. 2
    Titre que l’on donne à quelques personnes distinguées par leur dignité ou par leur rang, pour leur faire plus d’honneur.
  3. 3
    Par plaisanterie, une femme dit de son mari :
  4. 4
    Dieu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. N’est-il pas nécessaire de faire en sorte que les seigneurs s’occupent avec plus de vigilance dans leurs terres de l’administration de la justice civile, criminelle, et des règlements de police ?
  2. Écoutez bien, je dis pour changer : O bon peuple de Paris ! vous êtes un tas de niais, et vos seigneurs, vos nobles de robe et d’épée, ne sont que d’hypocrites fraudeurs et de fieffés escogriffes !

Synonyms

noblesieursiresuzeraincréateurdéitédieudivinité

This word in other languages

lord(English)señor(Español)Herr(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esigneur
  • segineur
  • seigenur
  • seiggneur
  • seigneru
  • seigneurr
  • seignneur
  • seignuer
  • seingeur
  • siegneur
  • sseigneur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esigneur2segineur2seigenur2seiggneur1seigneru2seigneurr1seignneur1seignuer2
Edit distance from "seigneur"

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 "seigneur"?
"seigneur" is spelled S-E-I-G-N-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ.ɲœʁ\.
What does "seigneur" mean?
As a noun, "seigneur" means: Maître, possesseur d’un pays, d’un État, d’une terre.
What words are commonly confused with "seigneur"?
"seigneur" is commonly confused with "signer", "soigner", "seigneurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "seigneur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seigneur" is \sɛ.ɲœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "seigneur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

chanson11 variantsCharles11 variantsmédecin11 variantshôpital11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list