seigneuries

\sɛ.ɲœ.ʁi\

/\sɛ.ɲœ.ʁi\/ noun

The verdict

“seigneuries” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,535. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,535
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-seigneuries · seigneuries · French

seigneuries · rank #26,535 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,535
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sectaires

Nearest frequency peer: sectaires (-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 « seigneuries »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « seigneuries » 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).

seigneuries vs seigneurs
82% similar
seigneuries vs seigneurie
91% similar
seigneuries vs seigneurial
82% similar

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

Key facts for seigneuries
PropertyValue
Headwordseigneuries
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛ.ɲœ.ʁi\
Letters11
Frequency rank#26,535
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « seigneuries »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.seigneuriesse 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 « sectaires » (#26,534), « sermons » (#26,536), « scénographie » (#26,533). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « seigneuries » est au #26,535. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around seigneuries (IPA \sɛ.ɲœ.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,535 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de seigneurie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for seigneuries, with forms such as "esigneuries", "segineuries", and "seigenuries". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "seigneurs", "seigneurie", "seigneurial", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is seigneuries, spelled S-E-I-G-N-E-U-R-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de seigneurie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Louis XI avait bien essayé de crever ce réseau de seigneuries qui recouvrait Paris, en jetant violemment tout au travers deux ou trois ordonnances de police générale.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esigneuries
  • segineuries
  • seigenuries
  • seiggneuries
  • seigneruies
  • seigneuires
  • seigneureis
  • seigneuriess
  • seigneurise
  • seigneurries
  • seignneuries
  • seignueries
  • seingeuries
  • siegneuries
  • sseigneuries

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seigneuries - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

esigneuries2segineuries2seigenuries2seiggneuries1seigneruies2seigneuires2seigneureis2seigneuriess1
Edit distance from "seigneuries"

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 "seigneuries"?
"seigneuries" is spelled S-E-I-G-N-E-U-R-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ.ɲœ.ʁi\.
What does "seigneuries" mean?
As a noun, "seigneuries" means: Pluriel de seigneurie.
What words are commonly confused with "seigneuries"?
"seigneuries" is commonly confused with "seigneurs", "seigneurie", "seigneurial". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "seigneuries"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seigneuries" is \sɛ.ɲœ.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "seigneuries" come from?
"seigneuries" 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 "seigneuries", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list