semence

/\sə.mɑ̃s\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,029

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

semence is aFrenchnoun. It means: Élément originaire d’un être. Pronounced \sə.mɑ̃s\. Often confused with sèment and silence.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of semence in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for semence is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sə.mɑ̃s\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,029 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for semence, with forms such as "esmence", "seemnce", and "semecne". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "sèment", "silence", "sentence", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is semence, spelled S-E-M-E-N-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esmence,seemnce,semecne,semencce,semenec,semennce,semmence,semnece,smeence,ssemence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for semence

Misspelling Variants of "semence"

esmence7seemnce7semecne7semencce8semenec7semennce8semmence8semnece7
Misspelling Variants of "semence"

Frequency rank: #24,029 in French

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.