semence

\sə.mɑ̃s\

/\sə.mɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“semence” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,029. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,029
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément originaire d’un être.

Corpus desk

Index FR-semence · semence · French

semence · rank #24,029 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,029
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH semblez

Nearest frequency peer: semblez (-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 « semence »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « semence » 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).

semence vs sèment
57% similar
semence vs silence
71% similar
semence vs sentence
75% similar

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

Key facts for semence
PropertyValue
Headwordsemence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sə.mɑ̃s\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,029
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « semence »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.semencese 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 « semblez » (#24,028), « sevrage » (#24,030), « Schwartz » (#24,027). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « semence » est au #24,029. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around semence (IPA \sə.mɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,029 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for semence, with forms such as "esmence", "seemnce", and "semecne". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "sèment", "silence", "sentence", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is semence, spelled S-E-M-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élément originaire d’un être.
  2. 2
    Grain, graine que l’on sème.
  3. 3
    Sperme, substance mâle dont les animaux sont engendrés.
  4. 4
    Descendance, postérité.
  5. 5
    Acte ou action fondant une situation.
  6. 6
    Organe d’un plant destiné à la propagation.
  7. 7
    Élément obtenu par éclat, division ou récolte.
  8. 8
    Plant dans les cas d’espèces à reproduction végétative se reproduisant généralement avec des organes spécialisés tels que les pommes de terre (tubercules), l’ail (caïeux), l’échalote (gousses).
  9. 9
    Grain ou graine qui n’est pas destiné aux semailles.
  10. 10
    Joyau de très petite taille.
  11. 11
    Petits clous à tête large et à tige carrée qui sont employés par les tapissiers ou les cordonniers. Généralement en acier bleui ou en cuivre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De sa semence naît Shou, le dieu de l’air, et de sa salive Tefnout, le principe humide, qui, ensemble, donnent naissance au dieu Geb.
  2. Si les graines sont destinées à servir de semence, il vaut mieux ne pas les faire sortir des balles et les rentrer immédiatement dans un grenier bien sec ; de cette manière elles conservent mieux leur faculté germinatrice.

Synonyms

germespermeclou de tapissier

This word in other languages

seed(English)semilla(Español)Samen(Deutsch)esperma(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esmence
  • seemnce
  • semecne
  • semencce
  • semenec
  • semennce
  • semmence
  • semnece
  • smeence
  • ssemence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esmence2seemnce2semecne2semencce1semenec2semennce1semmence1semnece2
Edit distance from "semence"

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 "semence"?
"semence" is spelled S-E-M-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sə.mɑ̃s\.
What does "semence" mean?
As a noun, "semence" means: Élément originaire d’un être.
What words are commonly confused with "semence"?
"semence" is commonly confused with "sèment", "silence", "sentence". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "semence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "semence" is \sə.mɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "semence" come from?
"semence" 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 "semence", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

semblez#24,028sevrage#24,030sautant#24,025régaler#24,017

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

souffrez10 variantssouvienne10 variantssurnomme10 variantsTheresa10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list