Senghor

\sɛ̃.ɡɔʁ\

/\sɛ̃.ɡɔʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Senghor” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,186. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,186
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille, surtout connu par Léopold Sédar Senghor, homme d’État sénégalais et écrivain de langue française (1906-2001).

Corpus desk

Index FR-senghor · Senghor · French

Senghor · rank #32,186 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #32,186
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Shakira

Nearest frequency peer: Shakira (+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 « Senghor »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Senghor » 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).

Senghor vs senior
57% similar

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

Key facts for Senghor
PropertyValue
HeadwordSenghor
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sɛ̃.ɡɔʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,186
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Senghor »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Senghorse 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 « Shakira » (#32,187), « scrupuleux » (#32,184), « Shawinigan » (#32,188). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Senghor » est au #32,186. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Senghor (IPA \sɛ̃.ɡɔʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #32,186 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille, surtout connu par Léopold Sédar Senghor, homme d’État sénégalais et écrivain de langue française (1906-2001).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Senghor, with forms such as "esnghor", "segnhor", and "sengghor". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "senior", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 Senghor, spelled S-E-N-G-H-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille, surtout connu par Léopold Sédar Senghor, homme d’État sénégalais et écrivain de langue française (1906-2001).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esnghor
  • segnhor
  • sengghor
  • senghhor
  • senghorr
  • senghro
  • sengohr
  • senhgor
  • sennghor
  • sneghor
  • ssenghor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esnghor2segnhor2sengghor1senghhor1senghorr1senghro2sengohr2senhgor2
Edit distance from "Senghor"

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 "Senghor"?
"Senghor" is spelled S-E-N-G-H-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃.ɡɔʁ\.
What does "Senghor" mean?
As a proper noun, "Senghor" means: Nom de famille, surtout connu par Léopold Sédar Senghor, homme d’État sénégalais et écrivain de langue française (1906-2001).
What words are commonly confused with "Senghor"?
"Senghor" is commonly confused with "senior". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Senghor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Senghor" is \sɛ̃.ɡɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Senghor" come from?
"Senghor" 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 "Senghor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Shakira#32,187Schalke#32,179réglera#32,169séduits#32,207

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

tentons11 variantstestées11 variantsrehausser11 variantsrefouler11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list