semences

\sə.mɑ̃s\

/\sə.mɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“semences” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,362. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,362
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-semences · semences · French

semences · rank #14,362 · 12 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,362
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH secouer

Nearest frequency peer: secouer (-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 « semences »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « semences » 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).

semences vs silences
75% similar
semences vs séquences
67% similar
semences vs sentences
78% similar

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

Key facts for semences
PropertyValue
Headwordsemences
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sə.mɑ̃s\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,362
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « semences »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).semencesse 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 « secouer » (#14,361), « Shawn » (#14,363), « SD » (#14,360). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « semences » est au #14,362. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around semences (IPA \sə.mɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,362 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de semence.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for semences, with forms such as "esmences", "seemnces", and "semecnes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "silences", "séquences", "sentences", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is semences, spelled S-E-M-E-N-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de semence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Très controversés, ces pesticides sont principalement utilisés de manière préventive, en enrobage des semences : lorsque les plantes traitées poussent, tous leurs tissus (feuilles, tiges, pollen, nectar, etc.) s’imprègnent du toxique.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esmences
  • seemnces
  • semecnes
  • semencces
  • semencess
  • semencse
  • semenecs
  • semennces
  • semmences
  • semneces
  • smeences
  • ssemences

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of semences - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

esmences2seemnces2semecnes2semencces1semencess1semencse2semenecs2semennces1
Edit distance from "semences"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list