seigneurs

\sɛ.ɲœʁ\

/\sɛ.ɲœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“seigneurs” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,757. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,757
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-seigneurs · seigneurs · French

seigneurs · rank #6,757 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,757
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sections

Nearest frequency peer: sections (-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 « seigneurs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « seigneurs » 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).

seigneurs vs seigneur
89% similar
seigneurs vs seigneurie
80% similar
seigneurs vs seigneuries
82% similar

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

Key facts for seigneurs
PropertyValue
Headwordseigneurs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛ.ɲœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,757
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « seigneurs »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).seigneursse 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 « sections » (#6,756), « set » (#6,758), « scolarité » (#6,755). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « seigneurs » est au #6,757. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around seigneurs (IPA \sɛ.ɲœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,757 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de seigneur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for seigneurs, with forms such as "esigneurs", "segineurs", and "seigenurs". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "seigneur", "seigneurie", "seigneuries", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 seigneurs, spelled S-E-I-G-N-E-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de seigneur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Quand deux Seigneurs demandent des servis sur une même piece, l’emphitéote n’est obligé de payer à aucun, jusqu’à ce qu’on ait débrigué le fief pour sçavoir à qui la piece appartiendra ; pas même si l’un des seigneurs offroit de donner caution.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esigneurs
  • segineurs
  • seigenurs
  • seiggneurs
  • seignerus
  • seigneurrs
  • seigneurss
  • seigneusr
  • seignneurs
  • seignuers
  • seingeurs
  • siegneurs
  • sseigneurs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esigneurs2segineurs2seigenurs2seiggneurs1seignerus2seigneurrs1seigneurss1seigneusr2
Edit distance from "seigneurs"

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

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list