séjourner

\se.ʒuʁ.ne\

/\se.ʒuʁ.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“séjourner” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,718. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,718
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Demeurer, s’installer quelque temps dans un endroit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sejourner · séjourner · French

séjourner · rank #22,718 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,718
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH synchronisati…

Nearest frequency peer: synchronisation (-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 « séjourner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « séjourner » 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).

séjourner vs séjourné
78% similar
séjourner vs séjourna
78% similar
séjourner vs séjournent
80% similar

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

Key facts for séjourner
PropertyValue
Headwordséjourner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\se.ʒuʁ.ne\
Letters9
Frequency rank#22,718
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « séjourner »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).séjournerse 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 « synchronisation » (#22,717), « tabagisme » (#22,719), « symbolisme » (#22,716). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « séjourner » est au #22,718. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around séjourner (IPA \se.ʒuʁ.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,718 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for séjourner, with forms such as "sejourner", "sjéourner", and "sséjourner". 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, "séjourné", "séjourna", "séjournent", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is séjourner, spelled S-É-J-O-U-R-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Demeurer, s’installer quelque temps dans un endroit.
  2. 2
    Rester plus ou moins longtemps dans un endroit, en parlant des liquides.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est arrivé à Paris, où il doit séjourner cinq ou six mois.
  2. Les eaux de la mer ont séjourné longtemps sur cette partie de la terre.

Synonyms

demeurer

This word in other languages

sojourn(English)permanecer(Español)aufhalten(Deutsch)ficar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sejourner
  • sjéourner
  • sséjourner
  • séjjourner
  • séjoruner
  • séjounrer
  • séjourenr
  • séjournerr
  • séjournner
  • séjournre
  • séjourrner
  • séjuorner
  • séojurner
  • ésjourner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sejourner1sjéourner2sséjourner1séjjourner1séjoruner2séjounrer2séjourenr2séjournerr1
Edit distance from "séjourner"

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 "séjourner"?
"séjourner" is spelled S-É-J-O-U-R-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \se.ʒuʁ.ne\.
What does "séjourner" mean?
As a verb, "séjourner" means: Demeurer, s’installer quelque temps dans un endroit.
What words are commonly confused with "séjourner"?
"séjourner" is commonly confused with "séjourné", "séjourna", "séjournent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "séjourner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "séjourner" is \se.ʒuʁ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "séjourner" come from?
"séjourner" 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 "séjourner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

tabagisme#22,719statuette#22,708soulèvent#22,707sensuelle#22,702

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

réticence14 variantséliminant14 variantsabdominale14 variantsrespectif14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list